Babs Wallace
Virginia
Highlights
- 2024 Hear My Voice Advocate
Aspiring to chip away at the stigma and toxic positivity that often surrounds illness, Babs hopes to learn more about media advocacy to support powerful storytelling.
Babs believes that highlighting the full range of breast cancer experiences can encourage patient self-advocacy, inspire awareness and fundraising campaigns beyond October, and build more inclusive community spaces.
Babs feels her best in a dramatic sleeve or during a slow morning with her husband and their dog, Valentine. She connects with her siblings on the phone several times a day, is itching to get back into the ceramics studio, and genuinely enjoys working in spreadsheets.
Others who have generously and openly shared their breast cancer stories have helped me to process my own diagnosis, progression, and ongoing treatments. In sharing my own experiences, I hope to pay it forward to this community and support others as they seek connection, resources, and tools to navigate the absolute trash experience that is cancer.