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Mikaela’s Story: A Former College Athlete Wins Her Toughest Battle Yet

“It was definitely a strange time of life to be going through this. You are in this no-man’s-land where you’re too old to be a kid, but you’re just figuring out how to be an adult and start ‘real’ life and your career.” ⁣

When Mikaela was just 26, her life as a young adult in NYC was disrupted by a pea-sized lump she discovered in her breast. Read Mikaela’s story below and learn more about the Young Women with Breast Cancer Program (YWBC) at Memorial Sloan Kettering.