Tina was diagnosed at the age of 39. She attended the 2013 Rare Chair Affair as her treatments were coming to an end and found it a “welcoming and wonderful experience”. She says “It just feels like the right time for me to share my story and maybe contribute something to other finding themselves where I was a few years ago.” Since her diagnosis, Tina tries very hard to focus on the future—to “look ahead and never look back”—while acknowledging how terrifying the thought of a recurrence and metastasis is. Despite that fear, she focuses on her children and family. “I would like to think I have shown my daughters how to overcome something bad with sheer determination and strength and faith in God.”