Imagine being in a foreign country, with no family and friends, working after hours to save money, not having insurance…and getting a cancer diagnosis.
It is tough to imagine. The reality is even harder.
Vote for Nueva Vida in The Women’s Foundation’s Leadership Awards online vote and we will make sure that more women get to services on time, so that Latinas don’t die because they didn’t find their cancer on time.
Every year we work hard so that 70 uninsured or under-insured, low-income Latinas with cancer get adequate services. We make sure there is some one to help them understand their diagnosis in their language and we give them support throughout their cancer experience.
Nueva Vida becomes a family for many of these women. Help us enhance the lives of many more women by voting for us!!!
Larisa Caicedo is executive director of Nueva Vida, a 2007 Leadership Awardee.
