In 2023, I was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer. I spent my 30th birthday getting a double mastectomy followed by chemotherapy. I was lucky to catch the cancer early because I knew I had the BRCA gene and had been getting proactive MRI screenings every 6 months. So many other women that we race for were not so lucky, including my dad's sister who was diagnosed at 33 and passed away a few years later.