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Cancer Survivor Helps Others Find the Road to Recovery

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...

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