Melanie Brissett Nix (Col ’91 CM) was a featured speaker at the Young Survival Coalition’s YSC Summit, a national conference focused on young women with breast cancer, in March 2015. Ms. Nix, a triple-negative breast cancer survivor who is also a speaker, author, life coach and health advocate, spoke at three sessions, including one titled “Giving Yourself Permission to Change.” She continues to run the Breast Cancer Comfort website, for breast cancer patients and survivors.

Melanie Brissett Nix (Col ’91 CM) is a health advocate and speaker who addresses myriad groups and organizations about surviving triple negative breast cancer and overcoming obstacles. She is the co-founder of Breast Cancer Comfort Site, a robust resource of lessons and guidance for breast cancer patients and survivors, and was recently a featured cancer survivor in the American Association for Cancer Research campaign for National Cancer Research month. Ms. Nix is also a member of the advisory panel on patient engagement for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.