SurviveHER

Description

Founder Lyndsay Levingston was diagnosed with Stage 2B triple-negative breast cancer in July 2019 and deemed cancer-free in February 2020. In October 2020, she founded SurviveHER(tm), a thriving nonprofit whose mission is to inform, inspire and empower a community of breast cancer SurviveHERs and supporters. Her inspirational story of surviveHERship has been featured across numerous media outlets including ESSENCE magazine, Essence.com, NBC News, Revolt TV, OprahMag.com (now Oprah Daily) and the Houston Chronicle.

SurviveHER raises money to financially support underserved, women in underserved communities with the cost of mammographies, preventative exams and overall breast health education. The organization hosts educational, social and fitness events throughout the year to engage surviveHERs, women currently in-treatment and post-treatment. Its community partners include Houston Methodist Sugar Land Neal Cancer Center and the TSU Breast Cancer Screening and Prevention Center.

SurviveHER(tm) has received numerous accolades and recognition for its community impact via national proclamations from U.S. Representatives Sheila Jackson Lee and Hakeem Jeffries. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner proclaimed October 6 "SurviveHER Day" in the city.