September 4, 2008

Cancer Survivor Helps Others Find the Road to Recovery

As told to Mary E. Medland

I was born in Corcoran, which was a town of about 5,000 people in California's San Joaquin Valley. My mother had been born there, and my father came when his family purchased a ranch in the valley. Pretty much the only industry in the valley was agriculture.

I was a competitive swimmer from a young age, and when I was in high school I worked during the summer as a lifeguard and water-safety instructor during the day. At night, I worked as a "flagger" in the cotton fields. Flaggers had

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