by Jennifer Mirsky | Oct 27, 2022 | News & Announcements, Stories
“I was diagnosed in 2014 with stage 1 breast cancer. I had a lumpectomy, 23 radiation treatments, and 13 treatments of chemotherapy. I was working in LSSNY’s Safe Haven program when it happened and everyone was very supportive. Especially my...
by Jennifer Mirsky | Oct 20, 2022 | News & Announcements, Stories
“In the beginning, I was kind of shocked. I had just turned 50,” says Romanita Irish-Partington, a teacher in our Early Childhood Education Program. “A week or two on my way to work, I had a callback after my routine mammogram and they asked me to go for a biopsy and...