Kim Reid
Missouri
Highlights
- 2025 Hear My Voice Advocate
Kim’s main areas of interest are sharing her lived experience through storytelling, representing Living Beyond Breast Cancer at events, and engaging in scientific and research advocacy.
She spent 31 years as a lawyer in a state agency. In retirement, she is very involved in her parish and community through volunteer work. She’s a crafter with a bead addiction, and enjoys traveling and spending time with her extended family.
I want to share the things I didn't know. I feel like MBC is breast cancer's dirty little secret. The 2.3 percent that don't survive is still significant — 40,000 individual lives has an incredible ripple effect. Because Black women die at a much higher rate, we must be vigilant and educated on risk reduction. I want women in at-risk communities to know what resources are available to them, and that even if you find your cancer early, that doesn't mean you're safe. You can't be a bystander in your own health.