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Sara Lucas

Sara Lucas is a seasoned educator with a passion for social justice. In her professional life, she thrives on developing training, assessments, and curriculum through collaboration. In her personal life, she and her like-minded husband enjoy gardening, long dinners, and most of all, talking about their two children.

All of their lives took an unexpected turn in 2011 when their 7-year-old son was diagnosed with brain cancer. Their cancer story can be found at www.caringbridge.org/visit/willlucas and subsequent blog at missingmywill.wordpress.com.

Gender Equality Is a Myth!
By Beyoncé Knowles-Carter
We need to stop buying into the myth about gender equality. It isn’t a reality yet. Today, women make up half of the U.S. workforce, but the average working woman earns only 77 percent of what the average working man makes. But unless women and men both say this is unacceptable, things will not change.  → Read More
My Story
The Importance of Palliative Care: One Family’s Story
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Why Are We Always Raising Money for Cancer?
After an MRI, the doctor pulled me and my husband, Tom, into the hallway, just like in the movies, and told us that our son had a brain tumor. The next year, in May 2013, we held a fundraiser for pediatric cancer at a local springtime festival. Not knowing our story, one parent looked at me and sighed, exasperated, “We are always raising money for cancer!” Caught off guard, I murmured something but then continued to wonder at her statement. I used to be her.  → Read More
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