Why I went public with my breast cancer journey

I was literally six weeks into a brand new job at Meta in a senior leadership position, and then all of a sudden, I get the most terrifying diagnosis of my lifetime. I was very scared. I didn't know how bad it was. I didn't know if it was something I'd be able to overcome or if I'd have to live with forever. But as soon as I got some more information, I was able to focus on the plan and kind of like my normal personality started to shine again. It's stage two. It's early enough that we feel confident that we can beat this, that there's a very clear and set treatment plan, and that's something that I can work with, especially as a product manager. So I basically, like, product managed my entire cancer journey. I had spreadsheets, I did a bunch of research. We all have to be really vigilant because catching it early in the case of cancer is literally the difference between life and death. It almost felt like something really bad was happening to me, but how can I turn it into something good? And raising awareness felt like the thing that I could do to hopefully bring something better into the world out of this really scary diagnosis.