Get to know some of our alum and see AFC’s impact in action

With a diverse group of alumni representing both women and men, all types of cancer, and all stages of the disease, A Fresh Chapter empowers diverse groups of people to redefine the adversity of cancer and set new dreams for their lives. Get to know just a few of our incredible alumni by reading their stories – from diagnosis to AFC, and beyond.

Stories Developed By Nikki Kallio

Nikki is a writer and cancer survivor. She worked as a newspaper journalist on both coasts before returning home to Wisconsin, where she is now a freelance writer, editor and instructor. She has an MFA from Goddard College and teaches workshops for The Mill: A Place for Writers, and for Wide Open Writing, a retreat organization that has brought writers to Tuscany, Morocco and Maine. Nikki is an alumnus of A Fresh Chapter’s 2015 South Africa program.