Desirée is extremely active in the cancer community. Through SHARE’s Side by Side Program, she trains medical students and physicians on how to deliver disappointing news and passionately conveys the importance of patient-doctor communication. She volunteers with the Young Survival Coalition as President, Board of Directors. She is a member of the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS); NCI CIRB; Society of Integrative Oncology’s (SIO) Health Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Task Force; SWOG Cancer Research Network Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging Strategic Work Group; The MRCT Center of Brigham AND Women’s Hospital and Harvard’s Health Literacy Resources for Clinical Research and Collaborative Cross-Industry Glossary for Clinical Research Work Groups. She is a former member of the CDC’s Advisory Council on Breast Cancer in Young Women. She serves on Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Patient Advocacy and Community Advisory Boards. She’s also a Community Partner/Patient Advocate, Mount Sinai Tisch Cancer Institute’s Cancer Care Accelerator Group. Desirée’s diagnosis motivated her to become a patient advocate to share her talents and aid diverse communities. She uses her platform to be a voice for the voiceless and pay forward by educating and empowering people around the world. Most importantly, she makes time to “smell the roses” and feels blessed to enjoy time with family and friends.