Sculpture of "Maria Paula" (front)

Maria Paula Bandeira
Recife - PE, Brazil
34 years
Retired lawyer; professor at law school

"The first diagnosis of breast cancer was in 2011, almost ten years already. It was not a choice, as it was with my husband and my profession. It happened, I can't deny it, I have to live with it, as I live with other things that I didn't choose, but that are part of my life. Of course, I would rather have learned these things without suffering, but since it came, I will do my part."