Reagan Friend, B.A. in Kinesiology and minor in Psychology, M.A. in Cancer Care with specialization in Clinical Exercise Physiology. I was born and raised in Michigan until I was 10, then my family moved to Arizona until I made my way back to the Midwest for school at Loras College. Here at Loras, I completed my BA in kinesiology and minored in psychology and was able to work with a cancer survivor at the Loras College C.A.R.E.S. Lab started by my professor who does amazing research in this field specifically. This sparked my interest and motivated me to ultimately get my Masters degree at Saint Francis University. Here I blossomed my knowledge in exercise as it relates to cancer survivorship. I received knowledge on identifying imbalance, exercise testing, program prescription, aerobic capacity training, and was able to perform it with hands-on training to local cancer survivors. In addition to my time here, I completed over 500 hours of hands-on training, program facilitation, and program management both at the Evergreen Clinic in Loretto, Pennsylvania and my summer internship at the CARES Lab. Throughout those years, my grandfather was diagnosed with cancer three different times. It wasn’t until the most recent time that it sank in for me as to what was happening and how it was affecting his physical and emotional health. Not only did I notice a torrential downfall for him, but also my grandmother who was his caretaker. I remember watching her help him up off the couch and waiting on him hand and foot as he appeared to be a small percentage of the man that used to give me strong willed bear hugs. Thankfully, he had beat cancer, all three times. While this progress felt unimaginable, it was evident that even after the cancer had gone, the treatments and their lasting effects lingered. It took him years to be able to function normally; walking, standing up, sleeping, digestion, appetite, and a world of issues hung around. As I grew and became more aware of his situation, I coincidentally was in my junior year of college and making attempts to decide what I wanted to do with my Kinesiology degree. It was at this time that Clinical Exercise Physiology was introduced to me but from a perspective to improve cancer survivors overall quality of life (typically it is considered for cardiac rehab patients). From that point on, I dedicated my education and career to helping survivors get back what cancer stole from them.