Leah Cohn, Author, Survivor, Teacher, Coach, & Mama
She was thirty, fit, and thriving! Down 25 pounds, in her third year of teaching full time, halfway through a master’s degree program in education, enjoying summer vacay with her hubby – everything going her way. Ever diligent about her monthly self exams, that August 2016 her fingers rolled over a lump in her right breast that appeared almost overnight and threatened to change everything. ? Not if Leah Cohn had anything to do about it. ? Yeah, she’s me. I took the sour, grabbed those two lemons, and made Big Ol’ Lemonades. I wrote the book detailing the experience I was looking for when I was diagnosed, the book I couldn’t find when I needed it most. A book by a woman in her thirties who had “grandma” cancer, wanted kids, didn’t want chemo, and had to self-advocate around every corner to make it happen. Sharing my own decision-making process and tips along the way, this is a story of hope, quality of life, and survival that is predicated on life after breast cancer and the joy that is coming. ? When I’m not surviving breast cancer, I teach at a local Orange County high school, raise my fiercely independent and chatty two-and-a-half year-old girl with my hubby and cancer caregiver, and engage with and advocate for women who are experiencing a diagnosis about decisions, options, and whatever else they wish someone would speak openly and vulnerably about.
