The YWCA Corpus Christi’s “Una Noche de Pláticas” invited local breast cancer survivors, and their families, to share their powerful stories with the community.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Throughout October, communities across the Coastal Bend are coming together for Breast Cancer Awareness Month – hosting walks, luncheons, and important conversations about survival, hope, and healing.
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On Wednesday night, the YWCA Corpus Christi hosted “Una Noche de Pláticas,” a night dedicated to open discussion and shared experiences surrounding breast cancer.
Four brave women – Sandy, Theresa, Ida, and Maria – took the stage to share their deeply personal journeys with breast cancer. Their husbands, family members, and friends filled the audience in support, listening as the women spoke about the moment of diagnosis, the importance of mammograms, the changes their bodies went through, and what has kept them fighting.
Organizers said that by talking openly, the topic becomes less taboo and helps build awareness about the resources available to those affected by breast cancer.
“This empowers us as women to have to check – to have early detection to make sure we get our mammograms and to make sure that we have sisters going through the same journey and we are there for them,” explained Esmeralda Herrera-Teran, CEO of YWCA Corpus Christi.
“This is to help other women who may be going through the same thing or might just need that validation, or what they’re feeling or what they’re going through to normalize it.”
The event also gave husbands the opportunity to share their perspectives and speak about their walk alongside their wives through treatment and recovery – a reminder of the strength found in shared stories and community support.
3News anchor, Leslie Adami, moderated Wednesday night’s panel there at the Y.
3NEWS First Edition continues its Positively Pink series throughout October, bringing awareness to the fight against breast cancer and highlighting the local resources available right here in our community.
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