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Joi Morris

Joi Morris learned that she has a genetic mutation on a gene known as BRCA2 at the age of 42. After much research and consultation, the result of which is her new book “POSITIVE RESULTS: Making the Best Decisions When You’re at High Risk of Breast or Ovarian Cancer,” Joi made the difficult decision of undergoing prophylactic mastectomies. Joi went to law school at Vanderbilt University and practiced law for 13 years in Los Angeles. She now devotes her time to raising her children, educating people about hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, and providing peer support for women who are struggling to decide what to do about genetically inherited breast and ovarian cancer risk. She is a Wexner Heritage Fellow, an Outreach Coordinator for Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered (FORCE) -- the national organization for women at high risk of breast and ovarian cancer -- in Los Angeles, California, and an Advocate in Science for Susan G. Komen for the Cure

Jewish Genes: You Can’t Take These Back to Nordstrom

Health and Healing, Identity and Responsibility

Ashkenazi Jewish women (and men!) are at higher risk of carrying a mutation on the “breast cancer genes” than are other populations. Come find out why as we track these genes through history and also learn about how to manage the high risk of breast and ovarian cancer that comes with carrying a BRCA mutation from a woman who is living with the blessing and the burden of being a BRCA carrier.

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