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Cierra Sisters Host Annual World Cancer Day Event Dedicated to Embracing Knowledge

February 10, 2021 Editor Leave a comment

by Chamidae Ford


Bridgette Hempstead, the founder of Cierra Sisters, received her breast cancer diagnosis on her 35th birthday. A diagnosis she had to fight tooth and nail to get. 

When Hempstead went to the doctor intending to get a mammogram, her doctor urged her not to — not just because she was young, but because she was Black.

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