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The Skin Check: Meet Katharine Laffey
This month, I sat down with my friend and fellow ambassador Katharine Laffey to discuss life after cancer and the fear of recurrence. Katharine has been an L.U.V. ambassador since early 2021. She and I connected after a webinar we did together with the Melanoma Research Foundation on Scanxiety and Fear of Recurrence. Katharine is a preschool teacher and aunt down in sunny Florida. She was diagnosed with melanoma almost a year and a half…
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The Skin Check: Meet Melissa Kultgen
On the latest episode of the Skin Check, I had the opportunity to sit down with one of Low Ultraviolet‘s newest ambassadors Melissa Kultgen! Like me, Melissa grew up in Wisconsin – a great reminder that melanoma doesn’t just occur in warm-weather states. Melanoma doesn’t discriminate, even in the Midwest. Melissa is a mom, a daughter, a teacher, a rescue dog mom, an advocate and caregiver. When Melissa was pregnant with her daughter, a spot…
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The Skin Check: Meet Jessica Layton
My interview with Jessica is the last episode of the Skin Check before the Ultraviolet Tide podcast takes a short hiatus for summer. We will be returning in early July with new episodes, starting with a really vulnerable conversation with Melissa Kultgen. Jessica is a photographer, travel nurse, army wife, and a full-time dog mom. She was first diagnosed with melanoma at the end of 2020 after a shave biopsy on her leg. Last year,…
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The Skin Check: Meet Dee Conway
This week on the Ultraviolet Tide, I sit down with one of the strongest advocates in our community, Dee Conway! Dee is a wife, mom, advocate and yes, another friend of mine! The Low Ultraviolet community has become a bit of a family and last April, I met Dee in person the same day I met last month’s guest Katie. Dee has her own journey with skin cancer but also, in 2018, her sister Rose…
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The Skin Check: Meet Katie of My Melanoma World
In the latest episode of The Skin Check, I sat down with Low Ultraviolet‘s very first ambassador and my good friend Katie Ostrovsky. Katie is known to many as My Melanoma World on Instagram and is the Founder of the Stop Melanoma Movement. As the first official ambassador for L.U.V. Low Ultraviolet, Katie was helping grow and support the brand before they even launched our first UPF clothing item! Katie is a Stage 4 metastatic…
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The Skin Check: Meet Leah Adams
Leah Adams is my first guest on the all-new, monthly segment of The Low Ultraviolet Tide – The Skin Check with Jenn Patrice! Leah is the Program Manager for the National Kidney Foundation’s Northern Ohio office. In her role, she manages the planning and implementation of all NKF programs in the Northern Ohio territory to support patients, caregivers, raise awareness, and educate healthcare professionals. On a more personal note, Leah is an avid runner, a…
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Introducing: The Skin Check
I am SO excited to announce that I will be hosting a monthly segment on Low Ultraviolet’s new podcast, The Low Ultraviolet Tide!! Low Ultraviolet is a safe, fashionable and affordable UPF50+ clothing brand based out of Washington, DC. They were founded in 2019 by Erica Sullivan with a mission to outshine skin cancer. Their podcast, the Low Ultraviolet Tide, is hosted by Erica and her business partner Snigdha Sangisetti and offers up a weekly…
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Erica Sullivan: Sun Protective Clothing, Social Entrepreneurship and Advocacy Through Education
Erica Sullivan discusses her path to entrepreneurship and how she knew she wanted to create social impact and community before she even knew she wanted to build a brand and business. Erica was first touched by cancer when her mom was diagnosed with melanoma but it was her own scare that led to her creating lasting change. With an entrepreneur’s mind, a heart for others and some tough love from her now husband, Erica pitched…
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Ashley Williams: Desmoid Tumors, The Cancer Community and Celebrating the Small Stuff
It was an emotional episode as Ashley and I discussed trauma triggers and feeling like we have to justify our place (to ourselves!) in the cancer community. Ashley was diagnosed with a desmoid tumor, a type of sarcoma, shortly after a serious car accident in 2015. Since then, she’s become a powerful advocate for mental health awareness in the cancer journey and has been a speaker at Stupid Cancer and other spaces dedicated to providing…