SHELLY TINNEY-MILLER
Shelly was a driven career woman. Climbing the corporate ladder was her goal, and she made many sacrifices to get where she wanted to be, but it was unfulfilling.
Her world was flipped upside down in 2010 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. This wasn’t her first fight, as she beat melanoma at the young age of 16. She knew that in order to beat breast cancer, she had to slow life down. Her battle also included the desire to have a child, and the last-minute decision to freeze her embryos prior to chemo. This required IVF, and her sister, Teri, carried her miracle baby. After her recovery was complete the draw to serve others grew stronger and stronger.
In 2016, Shelly walked away from 25 years in the corporate world to stay home with her daughter, who was 3 at the time. She knew it was the best decision she had ever made. People thought she was crazy for leaving a great job in finance at Boeing, but she knew that home is where she was called to be at that moment.
Turns out timing is everything, once her daughter started Kindergarten, Katy and Kerry called her to invite her to begin the creation of Cancer Cartel and the rest is history. Turns out cancer can be a blessing in disguise.