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Hi unravelers, welcome back to our podcast!

Last week we shared part 1 of an interview we did with a young woman who was diagnosed with Stage 3 Melanoma in her 23rd week of pregnancy.  

Where we left off in part 1: Chantelle had given birth at 32 weeks to her baby girl, the melanoma had passed through the placenta and the baby was born with a high infection rate. 

In this episode (part 2 of 3), Chantelle shares why her oncologist changed her cancer treatment plan after giving birth.

If you missed part 1 of Chantelle's story, you can listen to it here: https://anchor.fm/unravelthepodcast/episodes/28-year-old-diagnosed-with-Stage-3-Melanoma-at-23-weeks-pregnant--Delivered-baby-at-33-weeks-eud98i 

If you missed the first episode where we share our own experiences with skin cancer, you can catch up here: https://anchor.fm/unravelthepodcast/episodes/Skin-cancer-scares--Our-personal-experiences-es2bl3 

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Hi unravelers, welcome back to our podcast!  As promised, we interviewed a young woman who was diagnosed with Stage 3 Melanoma in her 23rd week of pregnancy.

About our guest:

Chantelle Delport was born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa. She matriculated in 2009 and went on to study a BCom (Hons) Accounting at the University of Johannesburg. She completed her articles at KMPG where she works as a qualified Chartered Accountant to this day. She currently resides in Johannesburg with her husband, Shawn and their two little girls, Haylee and Mila. Chantelle’s Melanoma journey begins in 2016 when, at 25 years old, she noticed that a mole by her eyebrow was changing in shape and colour. This mole turned out to stage 1b melanoma and it was removed. However, on 15 November 2019, while Chantelle was 23 weeks pregnant with her second daughter, she was diagnosed with stage 3 melanoma. This is her story..."

In this episode (part 1 of 3), Chantelle shares the beginning of her skin cancer journey. If you missed the first episode where we share our own experiences with skin cancer, you can catch up here:  https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/es2bl3 

Do you know of anyone who has had skin cancer? Reach out to us, we would love to hear from you!

Unraveling gender bias in the workplace - Episode Two (Part 2 of 2)  

We continue our conversation with Shaileen McGillivray about her experience with gender bias as a female boss.   

Unraveling Gender Bias in the workplace - Episode two (Part 1 of 2)

About our guest, Shaileen McGillivray:

Shaileen is from Johannesburg, South Africa and lives with her husband, Ronan and their rescue dog, Tyra. She was raised around guide dogs where her parents helped train and care for them and she has a deep love for animals. a woman who runs a security company in South Africa.  

In this episode we chat to Shaileen about her work experience in the United Kingdom and travels around Europe. We unravel her journey in trying to break into the tourism industry in South Africa and how ultimately she broke into her current industry.  Shaileen tells us about how she has worked around and overcome gender bias to ensure her company reaches its sales targets. She gives us some tips and tricks to effectively communicate in a work environment.  

Have you experienced gender bias before? Reach out to us, we would love to hear from you!

In our first episode for our Skin Cancer/Melanoma series, we share our own experiences with skin cancer. 

We will be unraveling and discussing a variety of topics on the podcast, such as money matters and health scares.  Almost no topic is off limits.  If there is any topic that you would like for us to unravel, please email us or reach out to us on Instagram. We would love to hear from you!

Introducing your co-hosts, Bronwyn Mc Arthur and Dominique Brinkmann.