Rooting for Roxy: A 30-Year Old Mami-To-Be Battling Breast Cancer

Check out my guest post on NewLatina.net. I blogged about my my good friend's experience battling breast cancer while preparing to deliver a baby girl -- her first child.

http://newlatina.net/rooting-for-roxy-a-30-year-old-mami-to-be-battling-breast-cancer/

Central Florida Volunteers Raise Funds for 30-Year-Old Pregnant Woman Battling Breast Cancer

For more information, contact:

Ashley Cisneros

407-608-8765

ashleycisneros@gmail.com

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Central Florida Volunteers Raise Funds for 30-Year-Old Pregnant Woman Battling Breast Cancer

Local “Team Roxy” Is Part of International Grassroots Effort

WHO:

A group of young professional women, known as Team Roxy Orlando

WHAT:

Are hosting a Happy Hour fundraiser to benefit a young mother-to-be who is battling breast cancer

WHEN:

Thursday, March 24, 2011 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

WHERE:

Ceviche Tapas Bar & Restaurant, 125 W. Church Street, Orlando, FL 32801

COST:

$15 in advance, $20 at the door

Admission ticket includes tapas, free drink, networking and access to Happy Hour specials

TICKETS/RSVP:

http://teamroxyorlando.eventbrite.com

About Team Roxy
Team Roxy is an international grassroots volunteer effort made up of friends and supporters of Roxanne Rae Martinez, a 30-year-old Texas mother-to-be who is batting breast cancer. An avid community leader, runner and peewee football coach, Roxy was diagnosed with Triple Negative Breast Cancer on Nov. 1, 2010. That same day, she also found out that she is pregnant. Only about 1.5 percent of women with breast cancer are pregnant when diagnosed, according to the National Cancer Institute. On Dec. 1, 2010, Roxy had a Modified Radical Mastectomy that completely removed her left breast and lymph nodes under her arm. In January 2011, Roxy began chemotherapy. An industrious person who has never had less than two jobs during her adult life, Roxy was terminated from a recently-acquired job following her diagnosis because she did not qualify for short-term disability or the Family & Medical Leave Act. For the first time in her adult life, Roxy is unemployed. Roxy has retained her health insurance through COBRA because she wants the best possible cancer care; however this makes Roxy ineligible for many cancer assistance programs. Roxy’s treatment, even with health insurance, can run anywhere from $8-14K on top of what's covered by insurance. Team Roxy volunteers are hosting “A Night Out for Roxy” fundraisers in more than 20 cities —including Toronto, Canada and San Juan, Puerto Rico — to help defray the cost of Roxy’s lifesaving treatments. For more info, visit www.team-roxy.com

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