Overcoming Breast Cancer

- 4:31

with Kate Watt of Komen South Florida

Posted

Nov 01, 2018

Every year tens of thousands of people lace up their sneakers and hit the ground running to tackle breast cancer for the annual Race for the Cure run. Kate Watt, Executive Director of Komen South Florida, explains how the run has become a fundraising pillar in the fight against breast cancer. Interview recorded: October 26^th, 2018

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