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Julie La Fuente Louviere of San Antonio has fought—and survived—three bouts of breast cancer.
She doesn’t let cancer keep her down.
The wife and mother of two has lost weight, ran a half-marathon, celebrated 25 years of marriage, turned 50, become a grandmother, and watched her oldest graduate from law school.
“Survivorship means I am able to wake up every morning and be a wife to my husband, a mom to my girls, now a glam’ma to my grandson and loving aunt and sister,” Louviere said. “It means I can be an active part of the present and never take life’s moments for granted.”
Louviere is among the 16 local Latina survivors who will celebrate a decade of cancer survival, triumph, and resiliency as part of the 10th anniversary of Nuestras Historias.
Nuestras Historias, a 2004 booklet with English/Spanish essays by Louviere and other Latina cancer survivors, was produced by Redes En Acción, a national Latino cancer research network funded by the National Cancer Institute and based at Dr. Amelie Ramirez’ Institute for Health Promotion Research (IHPR) at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, the team behind SaludToday.
2014 is the 10th anniversary of Nuestras Historias.
To celebrate Nuestras Historias and Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, check out brand-new “then and now” photos, stories, and videos of the survivors.
The survivors and their families also will be recognized at a reunion and ceremony at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014, at the Cancer Therapy and Research Center (CTRC) in San Antonio.
“We really want to share these Latinas’ incredible stories that breast cancer isn’t a death sentence; surviving is possible with awareness, screening, and early detection,” Ramirez said.
By The Numbers
25.1
percent
of Latinos remain without health insurance coverage
