The Young Survival Coalition's Diversity Program aims to foster a committed, connected and diverse community for young women affected by breast cancer. The Diversity Committee brings together women of color, women who partner with women, women of various socioeconomic backgrounds, cultures and disabilities.
As a collective, this committee works to create programs and to establish partnerships to work towards ensuring that all young women affected by breast cancer, in all communities, have access to the information and support they need.
Specific topics include:
- Diversity
- Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender
- Asian
- Black/African Descent
- Latina
According to statements made by Arizona Cancer Center and the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center researchers at the Avon Foundation Breast Cancer Symposium, little study has been done about breast cancer in Hispanic/Latina populations in the U.S. and as a result, not much is understood about the disease for these women. Breast cancer for Hispanic/Latina women appear to be occurring at an earlier age -- on average 10 years younger -- when compared to Caucasian women living in the U.S. 
Young Grammy-winning singer Soraya, one of the first Latin singer songwriters to write and record in both English and Spanish, has lost her life to breast cancer. Soraya, whose mother, aunt and grandmother died of breast cancer, was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer six years ago. She had treatment and went into remission from the disease, but sources say she relapsed at the beginning of this year. 
Shannon Harken wrote an essay to nominate her mother, Sue Myers of Pleasantville, Iowa, as the most amazing mother in the world because of her mother's zest for life and the positive example she set while battling breast cancer. Of the more than 14,000 Mom's the Word essay submissions, Kohl's unveiled the ten most amazing role model mom finalists of the contest and Harken's essay about her mother placed Myers in the top ten moms of the year. Ultimately, America will vote to decide who will be this year's number one amazing mom. All ten essays are featured at Kohl's, where you can vote for the essay and mother you feel best deserves to win. 
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy. -- Shakespeare.
An enthusiastic team of researchers are starting
a large study as to the causes of breast cancer and need more Latina volunteers.%uFFFDThe study is an important part of
a 10-year study, study all ethnic groups, which was launched in October 2005, by the National Institute of
Environmental Health Science. They specifically need sisters, in order to determine more clearly the cause of the
disease, as sisters share the same genetic make-up and similar environments. The women must be between 35-74 years old,
be blood related sisters, one must have breast cancer and one must not. Even if you don't necessarily meet these
requirements you are encouraged to enroll, 50,000 women are needed, and at least 2,500 of them should be Latinas.
Contact 1-877-4SISTER. or visit 
