Use Your Voice to Take Charge of Your Breast Health

Athena Jones, Moderator

Athena Jones is a CNN national correspondent based in New York.  She was formerly a CNN White House correspondent, covering President Trump and his administration for all of the network's programs and platforms. Athena is also a breast cancer survivor. 

Jones started with the network as a general assignment correspondent in 2011. She has reported on politics and on a wide range of general news stories for programs across the network from breaking news to national stories.

Jasmine Dionne Souers

Jasmine Souers is a passionate advocate for young women and people of color affected by breast cancer. Diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer at the age of 26 in 2016, Jasmine turned her pain into purpose through volunteerism, advocacy and co-founding For the Breast of Us, the first inclusive breast cancer community for all women of color.

Today, she is the CEO of The Missing Pink Breast Cancer Alliance, connecting change agents to improve the lives of people of color affected by breast cancer.

Rosalina Felipe

Rosalina Felipe, 30, first-gen Latina, currently resides in sunny Los Angeles and works as a digital marketer for a retail company. When Rosalina was diagnosed with hormone-positive breast cancer at 28, she noticed a lack of conversation about breast health among young women, especially in the Latina community. For this reason, she is on a mission to connect others with the tools and resources to be educated on this topic and take action. Rosalina and her friend Shauna host a podcast called Too Young For This Sh*t for women under 40. This project was featured on The Kelly Clarkson Show due to its impact on young women dealing with breast cancer by highlighting the challenges and struggles of a diagnosis.

Shauna O'Brien

Shauna O’Brien, 34, of Queens, NY is the co-creator of the Too Young for This Sh*t podcast. In January 2021, Shauna was diagnosed with hormone-positive breast cancer, and while she received an outpouring of support from friends and local community, she knew there was a larger group of young people like her enduring these types of diagnoses alone.

Shauna began to document her experiences as a young woman with this illness, and in November of 2021, she and Rosalina Felipe launched their podcast as an outlet for the unfiltered truth surrounding life with breast cancer and navigating survivorship.

Débora Lindley López

Débora Lindley López is the Manager of Community Support at Young Survival Coalition. She leads in the creation, implementation, and evaluation of YSC initiatives aimed at supporting the young adult breast cancer community of survivors, meta-thrivers and co-survivors. 

Débora comes to YSC with her own personal experience with breast cancer. As a young survivor, she has already participated in leading support groups for other survivors and created a following of over 18,000 survivors and co-survivors online as she seeks to help those forced to traverse the cumbersome path of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment.

Serena Jen, MD

Dr. Serena Jen grew up outside of Atlanta, Georgia and graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology where she obtained an undergraduate degree in biology. She went on to attend the Medical College of Georgia and completed her internship year in general surgery at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville.

Ultimately, Dr. Jen completed her diagnostic radiology residency in San Antonio, Texas where she also obtained an early specialization in interventional radiology. Dr. Jen is currently a Breast Imaging Fellow at George Washington University. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends, exploring the city with her dog, and traveling.