Meet the Board: John Garner

Meet the Board John Garner, Board Treasurer John Garner was born and raised in Alaska. Most of his career was centered on commercial fishing; he both owned his own boats and later ran a processing factory. John even spent some time working on federal regulations...

“The Day the Earth Shook”

Ron Villa The Day the Earth Shook by Ron Villa “On Wednesday morning, February 28, 2001, I was at Swedish Hospital for my colonoscopy.  At the completion of the colonoscopy procedure, ‘the earth shook’ just as the scope was being removed from my...
Coffee Talk with Michelle

Coffee Talk with Michelle

Awwww, relationships.  I’m often asked questions such as: How do I maintain my relationship with my partner during cancer treatment? How do I date while in cancer treatment or after treatment but I look and feel different? There are no easy answers and no one right...

Meet the Board: Samatra Doyle

Meet the Board: Samatra Doyle Samatra Doyle joined our Board of Directors in 2020. She is an oncology ARNP at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) with eleven years of experience caring for cancer patients. Sam definitely understands our mission of ‘Facing Cancer...