Welcome to the Komen Health Equity Revolution podcast series on Real Pink. Each month in this series, we bring together patients, community partners, health care providers, researchers and advocates to talk about real challenges and real solutions driving the health equity revolution. Today, we’re exploring what happens when survival requires more than strength — it requires grace.

Our guest, breast cancer survivor and advocate Joi White, discovered that letting go, softening and advocating for herself became the real pathway to healing. Her story is courageous, culturally resonant and deeply honest.