Going Through Breast Cancer and College

Going Through Breast Cancer and College
Rachael Ocello at the San Francisco American Cancer Society Breast Cancer Walk after she found out she was in remission. Courtesy of Rachael Ocello
Andrew Thomas
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Rachael Ocello was attending Saint Mary’s College of California when she received some disturbing news. The then 21-year-old was in the first semester of her senior year when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. The young college student reacted like one might expect.

“I think I reacted how anyone who is diagnosed with cancer would. Disbelief and just instant disappointment,” Ocello told The Epoch Times.