Interview
Q: What is your connection to ovarian cancer and OCAOSW?
A: I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2002 and co-founded the Ovarian Cancer Alliance with Diane O’Connor.
Q: What is your biggest hope with regard to this disease?
A: Early detection and a cure.
Q: What does OCAOSW do for our community that makes it unique?
A: We are small enough to do things nimbly and large enough to do them well. I’m especially proud of the Here4You program that provides financial support to survivors in treatment.
Q: What are your proudest achievements in life? Or what brings you the greatest joy?
A: My family and friends bring me great joy as does spending time in nature. I am proud to be a co-founder of this wonderful organization.
Q: What do you like to do in your spare time?
A: I like to hike, camp, take walks, read and spend time with my grandchildren.
Q: Tell me something about you that most other people don't know about you.
A: I marched in the 1970 anti-war demonstration in Portland and came in 2nd place in the Portland Fire Department poster contest in 6th grade.