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Meet the Models: Marcia Bean-Ebersole

By Olivia Achtmeyer Boger | September 9, 2025

Meet the Models: Strength in Every Stage At Runway for Recovery, we believe every survivor’s journey deserves to be honored in full color-the courage, the complexity, the community. Today, we are honored to introduce one of our incredible models, whose strength has been shaped by three breast cancer diagnoses, a fierce love for her children, advocacy for others, and a commitment to living fully-even in the face of profound loss. “The first time I was diagnosed with malignant breast cancer, I didn’t let it shake me. I treated it like something to solve and move on from-no drama, no fuss.…

Meet the Models: Andrew Earle

By Olivia Achtmeyer Boger | September 8, 2025

This fall, Andrew Earle walks the Runway in honor of his late wife, Hannah, whose journey through breast cancer was one of profound courage, intentionality, and love. Her story is woven deeply into the Runway for Recovery community—one she believed in wholeheartedly. Today, Andrew continues that connection, honoring her legacy, and walking to inspire others navigating the unbearable weight of loss.

Meet the Models: Jennifer Lawrence

By Olivia Achtmeyer Boger | September 7, 2025

Model Spotlight: Jennifer Lawrence Jennifer Lawrence’s story is a testament to the strength of love, family, and community in the face of overwhelming adversity. Diagnosed with breast cancer not once, but twice, Jennifer’s journey has been filled with resilience, raw honesty, and a relentless commitment to showing up for her daughter, Everest, and those she loves. The First Diagnosis At 32, Jennifer experienced a bloody discharge from her nipple-an early warning sign that led to a diagnosis of breast cancer. She underwent a lumpectomy and radiation, believing she had put cancer behind her. The treatment process, however, was not without…

Meet the Models: Emily Lewis

By Olivia Achtmeyer Boger | September 5, 2025

Emily isn’t walking the runway because she had breast cancer. She’s walking it because she made a powerful, preventative decision after learning she was at high genetic risk. As a BRCA1 previvor, Emily carries the weight of a future that never happened—because she bravely chose to change her present.

Meet the Models: Angelina Hawley-Dolan

By Olivia Achtmeyer Boger | September 3, 2025

Angelina is a mother, a wife, a teacher, a daughter, a friend—and now, a survivor. Her story begins not with a diagnosis, but in the quiet rhythm of everyday life: nursing her youngest child, juggling motherhood and her role as director of a Montessori school, and living fully at just 32 years old. Cancer wasn’t on her radar.