Anna Crollman
Patient Advocate
Highlights
- 2024 Donna Noce Colaco Going Beyond Honoree
- Breast cancer blogger and Instagram influencer
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Diagnosed with breast cancer at age 27, Anna Crollman turned her isolation into action, creating an online community to support young women facing adversity. Her community emphasizes vulnerability, self-confidence, and authenticity.
Anna identifies as a mother, infertility advocate, and "your breast cancer bestie." She leverages her experience navigating cancer and infertility to inspire young women to thrive with self-love and style.
Anna's social media and blog communities, with over 50,000 followers, advocate for patient empowerment, education, and improved resources for young women facing breast cancer. She shares raw and vulnerable moments from her own cancer experience, including six surgeries and her infertility journey. Her story and her blog have been featured in local, national, and international news networks.
Beyond writing, Anna has served as a consultant and patient advocate for retail brands and healthcare companies such as New Balance, Athleta, Novartis, and La Roche Posay to create impactful breast cancer campaigns focused on patient advocacy and change.
She served on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee for Young Women with Breast Cancer in 2019-2020, advising on patient experience, patient advocacy, and survivorship.
Her blog, My Cancer Chic, was included in the Healthline's Best Blogs of 2019, and IHadCancer's Best Blogs of 2018 and 2019.