“Hearing that I had breast cancer was one of the hardest things to hear,” she remembers.

Although genetic testing did not identify a hereditary link, breast cancer was not entirely unfamiliar to her family. Her Aunt Pauline, her mother’s sister, had also experienced breast cancer and undergone a mastectomy.

Additional testing determined that Monique was not a candidate for chemotherapy or radiation at the time. But because of the tumor’s location near her chest wall, her oncologist recommended a total mastectomy rather than a lumpectomy.

“That hurt too,” Monique says. “I cried a lot about that.”

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Frances Malinis shares how metastatic breast cancer transformed an introvert into an advocate, teaching her to hold grief and gratitude, fear and faith, while finding purpose even when life doesn’t go according to plan.

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Something shifted. I left feeling renewed. I realized advocacy isn’t about doing everything. It’s about showing up. It’s about sharing your story. It’s about helping one person feel a little less alone than you did.

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For the Breast of Us is stepping into one of our toughest seasons yet. With nationwide cuts to DEI funding, the programs that hold our community together are at risk. From Baddie Boost and our quarterly meetups to the Baddie Ambassador Program, Baddie2Baddie Podcast, and even BaddieCon — everything we’ve built for Black and Brown women facing breast cancer needs your support to survive. This Giving Tuesday, we’re asking our community to help us hold this space up and hold it together. Your donation keeps our programs alive, our stories seen, and our sisterhood protected.

For the Breast of Us is stepping into one of our toughest seasons yet. With nationwide cuts to DEI funding, the programs that hold our community together are at risk. From Baddie Boost and our quarterly meetups to the Baddie Ambassador Program, Baddie2Baddie Podcast, and even BaddieCon — everything we’ve built for Black and Brown women facing breast cancer needs your support to survive. This Giving Tuesday, we’re asking our community to help us hold this space up and hold it together. Your donation keeps our programs alive, our stories seen, and our sisterhood protected.

Metastatic breast cancer and, honestly, depression too, taught me that life’s not about how much I can push through. It’s about how well I love myself through it.

These days, life feels like walking a tightrope between faith and fear. And when I say faith, I’m not talking about religion. I mean that deep-down belief that somehow, I’ll keep finding my way through. That I’ve made it through every hard day before this one, so I probably can handle this one too. But fear? Oh, she still pops up. Loud and uninvited.

We’re thrilled to share some amazing news: For the Breast of Us has been named Best Team in the 2025 Social Health Awards by the Social