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BECOME A PEER NAVIGATOR
Use your story to empower others.
Join a SheLEADs Workgroup
Use your passion and expertise to create impact.
Request a Peer Navigator Match
Get one-on-one support from someone who gets it.
Join the SheLEADS Advisory Counsel
Partner with us to create stronger communities.
Take the Free CME Course
Earn CME while advancing equitable cancer care.
What Do Peer Navigators Do?
Emotional Support
Encouragement and support from someone who has had similar lived experience.
Trusted Education
Clear, easy-to-understand information about diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship.
Self-Advocacy Skills
Helping patients build confidence, ask questions, and communicate their needs.
Resource Connections
Linkage to trusted community resources and support services.
Ongoing Support
Continued support between clinic visits throughout the cancer journey and beyond.
Who May Benefit?
- Newly diagnosed patients
- Patients beginning treatment
- Individuals living with all stages of breast cancer
- Patients experiencing isolation or distress
- Patients needing additional support between appointments
- Patients facing psychosocial and practical barriers to care
Why This Matters
Emerging evidence shows that peer navigation is a valuable, person-centered approach that improves access to care and enhances quality of life and patient experience throughout treatment and survivorship.
- Improve patient experience and satisfaction
- Reduce non-clinical barriers to care
- Advance equitable, patient-centered care
- Strengthen outcomes and support value-based care
The system won’t change itself.
Join SheLEADS and become part of the movement building equitable, life-saving care for Black women across North Carolina.
– Funded by Partnership and Generous Support –
SheLEADS is supported by Merck Foundation and Pivotal, a Gates Foundation initiative, to improve outcomes and advance health equity for Black women in North Carolina.
Together, we can create a more connected, equitable, and supportive breast cancer care experience across North Carolina.
Together, we can create a more connected, equitable, and supportive breast cancer care experience across North Carolina.