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Resident leads fight against breast cancer Out of the pain of her mother’s death came a memoir. Ameruoso began journaling to For Valley Stream native cope with her loss, encouraged Joanne Ameruoso, 57, the fight by a friend who suggested it as against breast cancer is per- a form of healing. What started as private writing soon develsonal. Growing up in a family with oped into a self-published book, a long history of the disease, “Faith Over Fear.” “I was so angry she witnessed the about my mom’s devastating impact death,” Ameruoso it could have. Her said. “I journaled grandmother, aunt and ended up writand mother all ing a memoir about faced breast cancer, my jour ney and and in 2013, her how my mom’s fear mother died from became my fight.” the illness after Ameruoso dech o o s i n g n o t t o scribes herself as a seek medical care “previvor,” somedespite the warnone who takes preing signs. The sudventive measures to den loss became a JOANNE avoid a cancer diagtur ning point in AMERuOSO nosis. After genetic Ameruoso’s life. Author, testing revealed a Instead of let- ‘Faith Over Fear’ variant of Lynch ting grief consume syndrome, a herediher, she channeled her energy into advocacy and tary condition linked to several action. Already involved in types of cancer, she chose to local breast cancer walks with undergo a double mastectomy the American Cancer Society, to reduce her risk. She emphashe became a visible presence sizes that she is not a cancer in the awareness community. survivor, but rather someone who acted decisively before a She was selected as the kickoff speaker for Breast Cancer diagnosis could arrive. Her mission is now to eduAwareness Month at Farmingdale University. Continued on page 13
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Back-to-school buzz across the village Valley Stream Union Free School District 13 and the Central High School District welcomed students back on Sept. 3, pledging to focus on supportive, engaging and forward-looking learning environments in the 2025-26 academic year. Stories, more photos, pages 3 and 10.
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e still have a lot of work to do as far as finding a cure — we’re not there yet.