
Spotlight Latina Cancer Warrior: Sofia Vergara
Sofia Vergara adds health spokeswoman to her long list of life accomplishments along side Latina role model, actor, model, wife and mother. Vergara is the spokeswoman for Synthroid’s “Follow the Script” campaign, which seeks to educate the public about hypothyroidism. It is not widely known that Latina artist and star of ABC’s Emmy award-winning series “Modern Family” is a cancer survivor. In 2000, while attending a routine medical check up for her son, doctors discovered a l

Cancer Sniffing Dogs
Hold the needles! Britain’s National Health Service has approved the easiest prostate cancer detection test out there! Man’s best friend has proven to be even more helpful to man than once believed. Because dogs have 300 million nose sensors, compared to humans’ 5 million nose sensors makes dogs able to smell volatile chemicals in the air. Watch the clip below and learn more about the amazing contribution the animal kingdom is having on cancer detection. #latinaonlinecommunit

The POWER of Vitamin C to treat Cancer
Dr. Michael Gonzalez, professor of nutrition and biochemistry at the University of Puerto Rico and author of “I Have Cancer, What Should I Do?” has been leading the campaign for vitamin C since the 90s to treat cancer. This innovative treatment was inspired by Dr. Gonzalez’ personal experience with cancer. Having several family members suffer from cancer motivated Dr. Gonzalez to begin seeking nontoxic cancer treatments. MySurvivorVillage.org had the honor of meeting Dr. Gonz

Welcome to My Survivor Village
Welcome to My Survivor Village! We are a virtual community designed for Latina cancer survivors, by a Latina cancer survivor. My name is Monique Lyons and I am a cancer survivor. In the winter of 2012 I was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma. Through eleven rounds of chemotherapy, while living in my father’s native of Puerto Rico, I was inspired to create a community that provided a virtual space to nurture and unite Latina cancer patients, survivors and their caretakers from