They Call Me Galvez

1. in high school i was a champion athlete with aspirations to wrestle in college.
2. in college i discovered my filipino-american roots, joined an asian american fraternity, and joined an a capella singing group.
3. i went to grad school and i became a book nerd.
4. after grad school, i became a CA licensed physical therapist and a certified strength and conditioning specialist.
5. i then became a young adult brain tumor patient/survivor.
6. 2 years later, i became an author traveling the country speaking at health care education programs and hospitals.
7. 3 years later, i became a nonprofit executive.
8. i now travel the WORLD spreading the concept of post tumor/cancer “thrivership.”

it should be interesting to see what happens next!

there were different catalysts for each transformation:

• discovered beer
• wanted to directly help people and become a physical therapist
• needed to become a professional
• got diagnosed with a golf-ball sized brain tumor
• realized there is a need to educate healthcare professionals about brain tumor survivorship
• realized that ALL TYPES of newly diagnosed tumor/cancer patients and ALL our loved ones need to UNITE and FIGHT these horrible diseases
• realized that in other parts of the world, a tumor/cancer diagnosis is perceived as a “hopeless death sentence” 🙁  TIME TO FIGHT THAT STIGMA AROUND THE GLOBE… ask me how we’ll do this  😉