Barbara’s main areas of interest are sharing her lived experience through storytelling, policy and legislative advocacy, and scientific and research advocacy.
The majority of Barbara’s professional career has been at the University of Michigan, where she worked across communications, public relations, creative, writing, editing and publishing. She is biased, but the Great Lakes are where it's at! Barbara is completely obsessed with her adorable pup, who makes her laugh every single day. She also cherishes the humans in her life — her family, and friends who have become family.
As a five-years-plus MBC thriver, I hope I can be a source of inspiration and information. It is incredibly hard to live with metastatic cancer, but not everyone is fortunate enough to have that opportunity — to live. Learning how to live with it from a mental standpoint is just as hard as the physical, and that's a lot of hard work! I also want to give back to an organization that has been there for me almost since the beginning of my journey.