“When my mom was diagnosed, we hadn’t even known anyone who had any cancer,” she recalled. “We were not at all in the in the know. So, going through all of that with such a devastating cancer and learning about chemo and radiation and clinical trials [is] the reason I love PanCAN so much.”
Adding that her PanCAN partnership has “given me so much purpose and just this feeling of momentum,” Mindy said, “I just feel so emotionally connected to this organization, so I’m happy to help.”
She also explained how her relationship with her mom has helped shape her perspective as a parent to daughter Katherine, 4, and son Spencer, 17 months, who sadly never got to meet their grandmother.
“There’s a lot of similarities between her and me,” she shared. “I definitely see what some of her frustrations were or things that she would like complain about. Those are annoying to me as well. I totally get it now.”