A Self-Advocacy Playbook: Activate the immeasurable value of your voice | Ashley Dedmon

This is GENETICS FOR HEALTHCARE—a podcast dedicated to helping patients and caregivers advocate for precision medicine in treatment, survivorship, disease screening, and prevention. #geneticsforhealthcare

Ashley Dedmon understands the life-or-death power of speaking up for your health. A BRCA2 previvor, former teen caregiver to both parents with cancer, and passionate health equity advocate, she transforms personal trauma into a powerful lesson on self-advocacy. In this candid and eye-opening conversation, Ashley reveals how systemic gaps in her mother’s cancer care—where providers failed to take family history or offer genetic testing—ignited her mission to empower patients.

She describes advocacy as her "God job," a spiritual calling to dismantle healthcare disparities, and shares the three non-negotiable standards she deman ...