Geralyn lucas biography for kids

PERSONAL: Born ; father a social worker, mother a guidance counselor; married; husband's name Tyler (an orthopedic physician); children: Skye.

"[Geralyn] Lucas, born in , is a journalist, television producer, writer, and activist for breast cancer awareness.

Geralyn Lucas was only 27 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Geralyn Lucas (born ), is an American journalist, television producer, writer and public speaker for breast cancer awareness.

"[Geralyn] Lucas, born in , is a journalist, television producer, writer, and activist for breast cancer awareness.

The author of Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy dares all women who have had a stumble in life to harness their fighting spirit and stand back up with.

Education:Columbia University, graduated.

ADDRESSES: Home—New York, NY. Agent—c/o Author Mail, St. Martin's Press, 5th Ave., New York, NY —[email&#;protected].

CAREER: Writer, television producer, and television executive.

American Broadcasting Company, Inc. (ABC) News, editorial producer of 20/20; Lifetime Television, director of original programming.

WRITINGS:

Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy (memoir), St. Martin's Press (New York, NY),

SIDELIGHTS: At the age of twenty-seven, Geralyn Lucas did not expect to learn that she had cancer.

She was working as an assistant story editor for the ABC News program 20/20, while her husband, Tyler, was a medical resident at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. Encouraged by her husband to perform regular self-exams, she was shocked to find the lump in her brea