Erin Price

Erin Price, MSW, LGSW was driven to help others facing cancer shortly after her own breast cancer diagnosis when she was 27. Since then, she has become a leader in the DC cancer community, with a special interest in advocating for and providing support to young adults diagnosed with cancer. She believes in the power of community and strives to help those faced with cancer connect to other survivors so that no one has to go through it alone. Erin works at Smith Center for Healing and the Arts, an integrative cancer support non-profit, in Washington, DC. Erin serves as the Director of Young Adult and Psychosocial Support Programs, and her work includes managing Cancer Retreats, serving as an Integrative Patient Navigator, running the DC Young Adult Cancer Community programming, and providing group and individual support to cancer survivors. Erin provides additional support and resources to young women diagnosed with breast cancer in the DC area through volunteer work with the Young Survival Coalition. Erin graduated with her Master’s Degree in Social Work from The Catholic University of America. She is also a graduate of the National Breast Cancer Coalition’s Project LEAD scientific research advocacy training, an experienced Grant Reviewer for the Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program, and a member of the Georgetown Breast Cancer Advocates.

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