Nikia Hammonds-Blakely | Breast Cancer Risk Education | Ad Council

At just 16 years old, Nikia got a diagnosis that would forever change her life: breast cancer. At the time, she was an average student, but once she beat her cancer and decided to make the most of her life, she became the first person in her family to go to college. Nikia soon learned a startling and alarming fact—that black women are dying of breast cancer at a rate 40% higher than white women. It was after she joined Susan G. Komen to become an advocate for breast health that Nikia learned her cancer was back. This time she had the support and knowledge to better face it head-on.
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