Garland ISD is celebrating and honoring breast cancer survivors and fighters during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In her own words, #GISDCancerWarrior and Director of Human Resources Tanya Ramos discusses her journey and gives hope to those still fighting. ...
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and a great time to share facts and statistics about the disease. The chance that a woman in the United States will develop breast cancer is one in eight. However, this also means there is a seven in eight chance she will never...
Rochelle Colon, a retired Garland ISD English teacher, was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2000. The cancer was an invasive type, and with few options available at that time, she received the standard protocol of six or seven weeks of radiation. Fortunately, she...
Firewheel Town Center, along with other area Simon malls, announced the second year of a national engagement with Susan G. Komen®, pledging to donate $1 million each year for the next two years to support the fight against breast cancer*. “Based on the success we...
The family, students, colleagues and friends of Melanie Hensleigh-Parsons gathered in the Garland High School auditorium Saturday, Nov. 14 to celebrate her life. She was born March 28, 1963 and passed away Oct. 30, 2015 at the age of 52. Melanie began her teaching...
October is breast cancer awareness month and a great time to share valuable information on how to lower risk factors and recognize symptoms. Although mammography screening does not help physicians find all breast cancers, its use is the best way to find the disease in...