Lesli Marasco was diagnosed with breast cancer ten years ago, just as she was starting her role as director of global health and welfare benefits at global biopharmaceutical company AbbVie. At the time, Marasco was a mom caring for children in the third and fourth grades. Both her parents would also go on to be diagnosed with cancer; her mom had lung cancer, and her dad had leukemia.
“You get a diagnosis from your doctor, and it’s not something you’re expecting to hear when you’re in your early 40s,” says Marasco. “I was worried about what I was going to tell my kids, I was worried about my twin sister — it’s just this huge learning curve you get thrown into.”
