Cancer has taught me to let go of all things no longer serving me a positive and supportive life. Instead, of chasing a person who abandoned me, I began the journey of falling in love with myself. I live life and do things because they make me happy and I couldn’t be happier.

I know how it feels to leave your house with a mask and an IV stuck to your chest while the world stares and gasps with confusion and pity.

Stay positive,
keep fighting.

I am honored to have taken part in dignifying Jean Paul’s life.  And I remain honored to continue fighting alongside the Rwandan Ministry of Health against the rising tide of NCDs.

Palliative care is not optional.  It is not an extra, an ‘add-on,' a luxury or an after-thought.  It is an essential component of humane cancer care. 

Unexpectedly and without warning my family and I were thrown head first into the world of cancer. We were adapting to changes, often daily, that offered no road map, played by no rules, and had no sympathy.

Our stories are important to share; the tears, the frustration, the love, the hope and optimism that one day more people will be surviving cancer than losing their lives to it. 

My dad's cancer story will always be with me and it's his story that gave me the drive and passion to do something about this disease.

The cancer is just in my body. It is not in me.