LUNG FORCE Heroes
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Shantel V. I joined the American Lung Association’s LUNG FORCE initiative in honor of my grandmother, Doris, who passed away from lung cancer at the age of 79. She was the light of my life and a living example of love.
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Dawn S. My father died of lung cancer when I was 25. I had to watch him slowly deteriorate over the course of a few years. I remember the cough that he had before he was diagnosed and the descriptions of the pain in his chest.
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Marla M. On September 4, 2018, I woke up and went to work like any other work day. I had no idea that before the end of the day my life would change forever.
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Nina S. Karen Molesphini Cowley is the reason we walk.
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Kristie C. My story is about my dad, Sheriff Joe. Being in law enforcement, he helped a lot of people and that is where his story begins.
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Judy S. My father William (forever 59) went to the hospital with a shooting pain in his left shoulder on 7/17/21. We were informed that he had stage 3b squamous cell carcinoma lung cancer that was unresectable.
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Olyfran M. My daughter, Francine Maigue, was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer on May 20, 2019 and passed away on February 22 ,2022.
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Rona W. My journey has been one of hope, gratitude, and self-advocacy.
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Isabella C. On my fourteenth birthday, a family friend gifted me a “learn how to knit” set.
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Regina B. I started smoking at 17 and smoked for the next 18 years. I quit in April 2007, at the request of my 12 year old daughter.
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Nancy S. Hearing the word cancer is scary – hearing the diagnosis of lung cancer was terrifying.
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Monique F. It was the summer of 1979. I was 4 years old and my maternal grandfather, daddy as we called him succumbed to his battle with lung cancer.
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Lizzie B. August 2015 changed our lives forever: my mother, Candice Warren, was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer.
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Nelson C. My Dad and I lost my mom to lung cancer.
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Alonzita H. On February 12, 2021, I was diagnosed with stage three squamous lung cancer. It impacted my life in many ways.
