Beth Fairchild is a mother, artist and yogi living with metastatic breast cancer (mBC). Beth's mBC diagnosis in 2014 came as a surprise. She had never experienced a palpable lump in her breast and one week prior to receiving her mBC diagnosis she had undergone a mammogram in which she received clear results. But breast cancer was nothing new to Beth. Sadly, her mother had been previously diagnosed with Stage 2 and her paternal grandmother died of mBC when she was just 33 years old.
Following her diagnosis, Beth was surprised with how much more there was to learn about the disease and realized that the metastatic population was underrepresented. She started a virtual protest that turned into a social media movement to raise awareness for mBC using the hashtag #DontlgnoreStagelV. This movement connected her to METAvivor, a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing awareness of advanced breast cancer and equity in research and patient support, where she currently serves as the Director of #Cancerland, an annual fashion show which raises funds for METAvivor.
Beth works as a professional tattoo artist and specializes in permanent cosmetics and areola complex tattooing for women and men who have experienced breast surgery. Beth enjoys the outdoors, traveling with her husband David and spending time with her new grandson as well as her children and pets.
Photographed by Lynn Johnson
Beth Fairchild is a mother, artist and yogi living with metastatic breast cancer (mBC). Beth's mBC diagnosis in 2014 came as a surprise. She had never experienced a palpable lump in her breast and one week prior to receiving her mBC diagnosis she had undergone a mammogram in which she received clear results. But breast cancer was nothing new to Beth. Sadly, her mother had been previously diagnosed with Stage 2 and her paternal grandmother died of mBC when she
