In celebration of Pride Month, each Friday in June we’re re-sharing our favorite episodes featuring LGBTQ+ voices from the Wildfire community.

Stephanie Millett was first diagnosed with Stage III breast cancer at 25, and again at 31 with Stage IV MBC. Stephanie is a retired hairstylist, writer, and advocate for advancedbreastcancer.net.  In this episode, Stephanie shares their essay, “My Life, and Being Wrong,” from Wildfire Journal’s 2022 Legacy Stories issue. Stephanie and April discuss the power of sharing your story through advocacy, the reasons some people choose privacy around their cancer experience, and what it means to model resilience and honesty for our children. They also talk about Stephanie’s future plans to write a book offering practical guidance for others who want to begin telling their own stories.

More about Stephanie: https://www.instagram.com/_the_radiatedlizard/

 Listen to Stephanie on another episode on The Burn: https://player.captivate.fm/episode/bf5a9ce5-4858-43b1-88ff-d4b00cb8623c/

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