Fighting Cancer in Heels!
Marlena Ortiz was one of the first guests to open the show for Wendy when the show premiered in July.
At only 25-years old, Marlena was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer a couple months ago.
Wendy inspired Marlena to face cancer head on and kick cancer’s ass while wearing heels!
Keep reading for more on Marlena’s story…
Marlena started chemo in September and came back to tell Wendy how her fight is going.
She started documenting her journey on her new website, marlenaproject.webs.com and has become an advocate in her own right, encouraging all women to get their annual breast exams.
Marlena wants everyone to remember that cancer affects anyone regardless of age or ethnicity and you can never be too young to start self exams and get yearly screenings.
To follow Marlena’s journey or to become one of her “Sexy Awareness Angels” and pick up your own t-shirt, visit her website marelenaproject.webs.com.
You can leave her your messages of support and encouragement below!
Tell Us: Who are you inspired by?
Tuesday November 15th, 2011 at 2:17 am
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Wednesday May 19th, 2010 at 12:40 pm
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Saturday April 24th, 2010 at 4:34 pm
I seen this ep when I first aired and have been looking for you Marlena! I hope all is well!
Thanks Wendy!
Thursday December 24th, 2009 at 5:16 am
My name is evangelist Selena Green. I am a five time recording artist and I have been on the Oprah Winfrey show before. I am also a author of a new comingbook entitled “I HEARD THEIR CRY,CAN YOU HEAR MINES. This is a true story about the four kids that I adopted through the foster system. They had lived with me for six years before I found out that they all had hidden secrets. After discovered that the siblings were engaing in sex with each other they got mad at me an tried to kill me twice. I did forgive them and they are still with me now. well not their brother because he had raped the five year old and was sexually active with the other girls too so i had to put him into a group home but, I woul like to be a guest on the show to talk to all the foster parents about why the children have so many anger issues and to encourage them not to take it personal. This really would be a wonderful topic for the show because their are thousands of foster parents in the world. And i am a licensed Theraputic foster parent that tak in kids with behavoir,sexual and anger issues. I can show them how to deal with these type of children. And I would like to send your producers a copy of the book first so that they can see what a single parent had to endure in order to help break down the walls of these children lives. Please contact be if you are interested. Thanks Selena Green