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Elissa Thorner Bantug
Elissa Thorner Bantug, MHS, of Mount Airy, Maryland, is a two-time cancer survivor. After finding a lump in her breast at the age of 21, it took Elissa eighteen months to find a doctor who would be willing to order a mammogram. Her first breast cancer diagnosis was at the age of 23. Two years later, on her 25 birthday, she was diagnosed for a second time with breast cancer. Elissa is an outspoken activist of young women living with breast cancer. She has appeared in multiple local and national television interviews, newspaper articles, magazine publications, public speaking engagements, and radio discussions speaking out about the unique barriers and challenges young women with breast cancer face. Elissa currently works as a research scientist at the National Institutes of Health and holds an undergraduate degree form Georgetown University in Women's Health and a graduate degree from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Health Promotion and Health Education with a concentration in Women's Health Issues.
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