"Resurrection Lily" with Author Amy Byer Shainman & Ellen Matloff
Venue: Blacksburg Library, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Thursday, March 11, 2021
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 PM
Event Types: Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free

Description:
Blacksburg Library presents an online conversation on Facebook with "Resurrection Lily" Author Amy Byer Shainman and Ellen Matloff, CGC on Thursday, March 11, 2021.

Please join us as Amy Byer Shainman, also known as the BRCA Responder, discusses her book, "Resurrection Lily: The BRCA Gene, Hereditary Cancer & Lifesaving Whispers from the Grandmother I Never Knew: A Memoir".

Ms. Shainman is a patient advocate who provides support and education surrounding BRCA and other hereditary cancer syndromes. She is also the executive producer of the award-winning documentary "Pink & Blue: Colors of Hereditary Cancer". She is a BRCA-1 gene mutation carrier and a “previvor,” the term for a survivor of a cancer predisposition.

Amy Byer Shainman will be joined by Ellen Matloff, Certified Genetic Counselor, and President and CEO of My Gene Counsel, a digital health company that provides scalable, updated genetic counseling solutions. In this powerful program, these two genetic cancer experts will share their story, their knowledge and answer your questions.

The event will stream on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Blacksburg-Library/152248358735.

For more information, visit: http://www.montgomery-floyd.lib.va.us/ or https://www.facebook.com/pages/Blacksburg-Library/152248358735 or call 540-552-8246.

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