Every 13 minutes, a woman in the U.S. loses her life to breast cancer.

Thirteen years ago, at 44, Farah Alli became the one woman in eight. Today she's 13 years cancer-free — and raising $13,000, one gift of 13 at a time, for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

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Farah and her daughter Ava today, smiling together at a restaurant table — Farah and Ava, today.

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Every $1,000 is one more step — 13 steps to the goal.

1 in 8

women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime.

85%

of breast cancers occur in women with no family history. Farah had none.

95%

of new cases — and 97% of deaths — occur in women 40 and older.

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Farah's story

I am that one woman out of eight.

Farah smiling with her daughter Ava, who is wearing a red and white dance costume at a recital — Farah and her daughter, Ava.

I was 44 years old when I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I had no family history of the disease. I had my first mammogram at 40, as my doctor recommended, but honestly, I didn't have another one until I was 44. Like so many women, I just didn't think it could happen to me.

I didn't fully understand the risk. I didn't understand how important those yearly mammograms really were.

“If I had understood then what I know now, I would never have skipped them. Now I know.”

I was fortunate. My cancer was caught at Stage 2, but what followed was still a year of my life that I will never forget. Surgery. Chemotherapy. Radiation. A year of appointments, treatments, fear, exhaustion and fighting.

Today, I am incredibly grateful to be here. That gratitude comes with a responsibility that I take very personally. I want to spend the rest of my life talking about this, raising awareness and raising money so more women get screened, more women catch it early and more women survive.

This October, I'm asking my friends, family, clients and community to join me. As a member of the Story Residential Team at Compass, this cause is much more than something I support. It is personal.

Please join me in the fight to save women.

Forever Passionately Pink,

Farah

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Thirteen years, counted.

The diagnosis
Age 44. Stage 2. No family history.

The year after
Surgery. Chemotherapy. Radiation.

Year 13 · 2026
Cancer-free, grateful, and asking every woman to get screened.

Don't skip a year. Farah did.

The most important thing you can do this October costs nothing: book your mammogram, and ask the women you love to book theirs. Most insurance plans cover screening mammograms. No insurance? You may qualify for a free or low-cost one through the CDC. Talk to your doctor about the screening schedule that's right for you.

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Every 13 minutes, a woman in the U.S. loses her life to breast cancer.

Give in 13s.

I am that one woman out of eight.

Thirteen years, counted.

Gave? Now pass it to 13.

Don't skip a year. Farah did.