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The Cancer Support Community is pleased to invite you to join us on May 15 from 1-2 pm EST for the fourth session in a series called What’s In Your First Aid Kit? Resources and Tools to Help You Survive and Thrive.
As we are emerging out of the pandemic, we are aware that we have experienced and witnessed great suffering to our community and to ourselves. This session will highlight and invite discussion around what and where you find meaning through this experience, and identifying what your “true North” is, and how to be authentic in your journey to get there.
This is a non-credit education for personal enrichment.
Krista, LCSW OSW-C BCD FAOSW is trained as an oncology social worker and works in clinical & research roles within the Providence Cancer Institute and is a Program Manager in the Department of Compassion. This blend has allowed her to bring her clinical expertise to work with those impacted by cancer, and to creating supportive infusions of compassion to caregivers within Providence Health & Services. Krista is also President of the Association of Community Cancer Centers.
Krista provides individual and group support for those affected with cancer and additionally has an expertise in facilitating online support groups. She also coordinates a program that focuses on the care of children who have a parent with cancer.
Krista is a past President of the board of directors of the Association of Oncology Social Work and past Director of the American Psychosocial Oncology Society, National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers, & American Clinical Social Work Association. Krista was named as a finalist in the Schwartz Center Compassionate Caregiver of the Year award was awarded the American Cancer Society/Association of Oncology Social Work Leadership award in 2019 and Social Worker of the Year for Providence Health & Services in Oregon in 2021.
Krista also has been a volunteer facilitator at retreats for women with breast cancer and annually at camps and programs that support grieving children. She also has volunteered over 5 months on medical relief teams to Haiti since 2009 and locally with Portland Street Medicine providing mental health support to the houseless in Portland, Oregon. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, biking, photography and cheering on her local soccer team, the Timbers!
As a 501c3 organization, the Cancer Support Community does not endorse, represent or warrant the accuracy or reliability of any of the information obtained from third party sources. This presentation is for informational purposes only.
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