About PreventHer

Our goal is to fill the lack of education about Breast Cancer among refugees and immigrants. We are dedicated to raising awareness among these populations, informing them about Breast Cancer, promoting prevention and early detection, and finally connecting them to the right resources.

Our Mission

Awareness

Most refugees and immigrants are from countries with fewer breast health resources and education, so a lot of refugees and immigrants do not know about Breast Cancer issues. There are also various factors that contribute to the lower rates of routine, and preventive health care about minority population such as refugees, immigrants or African-Americans including socioeconomic factors, language and communication barriers, education or understanding of health care risks and symptoms, cultural practices, and expectations, or religious beliefs related to health care, and so on. Screening with mammography has been identified as one of the most effective methods for early detection and treatment. Refugees, as with all U.S. populations, should receive preventive screening according to Cancer Screening Guidelines.

Education

To accomplish our mission, we:

  • Organize educational workshops every year about topics related to Breast cancer.
  • Walk to local events, and working with local institutions.
  • Host Mobile Mammogram for communities

Support

We want to raise funds to properly educate refugees and immigrants and also support those who have Breast concerns and connect them to the right resources.

Meet Our Team

Amira Kherrallah

Founder

Born and raised in the Central African Republic, Amira came to the USA in 2019, she founded PreventHer: a platform to educate refugees and immigrants about breast cancer in memory of her mom who passed away a couple of years ago after 17 years of fighting Breast Cancer.

When she came to the US she realized that there are a lot of resources in the US and her community is not taking advantage of them because of a lack of education and other barriers that contribute to the lower rate of routine among her community like language barrier, understanding of preventive health, culture, religious belief, etc.

So she decided to start PreventHer which is for her a BRIDGE between the resources and her community.  Amira believes that education plays a massive role in preventing Breast Cancer.

Beth Colosimo

Executive Director of The Mill Entrepreneurship Center

Prior to joining SLCC, Beth owned and operated her own small business, Wasatch Home Furnishings.

Beth works with numerous non-profit boards and community partners in the spirit of collaboration and promoting Utah’s small businesses. She is a 2021 recipient of Utah Business
Magazine’s 30 Women To Watch Award. She was also named as a 2021 Pathfinder winner by the Salt Lake Chamber and Women’s Business Center Athena Awards.

Beth is passionate about working with entrepreneurs and small business owners and those looking to make a difference in their businesses and communities. She especially enjoys working with underserved, ethnic and minority students. She is equally passionate about family, travel, golf and India.

Mukasa Agnes Flavia

Breast Cancer Advocate

Flavia is a mother of 3 from Uganda. She came to the USA in 2019. Strong and a hard worker, Flavia wants to encourage mothers to breastfeed their babies. She believes that breastfeeding can give your baby a healthy start and can also lower the risk of breast cancer. She says, “I always breastfeed my kids.”