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Calexico Fire Department shows support for breast cancer patients

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October 7, 2020 4:12 PM
Published 12:26 PM

EL CENTRO, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) - October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and the Calexico Fire department will be showing its support all month long by wearing their pink on-duty t-shirts.

They will also be selling these t-shirts and part of the proceeds will go to support those battling breast cancer.

Each year it is estimated that over 220,000 women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer and more than 40,000 will die.

Each year, it’s expected that about 2,670 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer in the US, and about 500 will die.

Breast cancer deaths have been declining since 1990 thanks to early detection, better screening, increased awareness, and new treatment options.

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Gianella Ghiglino

Peruvian-born and LA raised Gianella Ghiglino joins the team from the San Fernando valley. “LA is the place that taught me how to breath and Peru is my breath.” She says she was inspired by the community she grew up in and began documenting her experience through poetry at the age of 7. “I wrote about everything I saw, felt and everything that inspired me.” When she entered High School she joined her school news station and realized that broadcast journalism allowed her to pursue her passion and her purpose all at once. Gianella attended Cal State Northridge and received a Bachelors degree in Broadcast Journalism and a minor in Spanish Broadcast Journalism, and Political Science. She did several internships while in College but most notably interned for PBS’s local LA station for three years. “My purpose is to share my story and of those in my community, my passion is writing.”

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