Alexa Jett has recently connected with AnCan – initially to co-moderate the planned thyroid cancer virtual group we hope to start by year-end. But subsequently her infectious, warm and enthusiastic pesonality opened volunteer opportunities with us. Alexa recently directed The TALK – MS webinar, and she has introduced the Renal Meduallry Carcinoma (RMC) group to us wthat will have its first meeting this ocming week. Now we are working on Adolescent & Young Adult (AYA) opportuities.
Alexa survived recurrent papillary thyroid cancer, most recently in 2019. First diagnosed in 2017, aged 25, Alexa was treated at M.D. Anderson. Whilst there, she refequented Kim’s Place – the AYA retreat where she met one of our RMC moderators, caregiver Charissa Monroe, who lost her husband to RMC.
ESPN published an article this week on how Kim’s Place came to be, and Alexa was interviewed extensively, It was just published on The Undefeated blog and you can read it here: