Jessica

Jessica has a dog named Piper and a cat named Cedi, who she named after a former Cleveland Cavs basketball player. She is a huge Cleveland Cavaliers and Guardians fan! Jessica currently bartends at the Firehouse Tavern on Copley Circle. In her spare time she also enjoys gardening, biking, cooking, and playing golf. Her mother, Loretta, is also a breast cancer survivor and will walk the Pink Runway before Jessica!

In 2023, following a regularly scheduled mammogram and MRI, Jessica was diagnosed with Stage 0 ductal cancer in situation in her right breast. She underwent a double mastectomy, and had implant reconstruction surgery followed by fat grafting with Dr. Lewis Diulus. 

“I wanted to have a relatively normal breast shape, and be about the same size that I had previously been,” shared Jessica. “Dr. Diulus did a wonderful job – I have exactly what I was hoping for!” 

Jessica shares to other women that “It seems daunting, but at the end of the process you realize how strong you are and can get through anything.”

She chose to walk the Pink Runway because she is BRCA 2 positive, and has a family history of breast cancer. “My mom and I both had breast cancer, and both of us underwent reconstruction with Dr. Diulus. We had a joint appointment with her finishing her reconstruction process and me starting reconstruction!