DEffinition of issue
My issue is based on the high mortality rates of low income individuals that suffer due to an illness. I picked this issue as my fire project because cancer, which is a treatable, is a part of me and as i meet people like me in my community at clinic appointments, friends, relatives i see the trend of ignorance about the topic. Many latino's choose not to get checked for years until they start feeling ill. It isn't by choice though, it's choosing between paying your gas bill or paying a doctor appointment.
Undocumented people are the highest to not go get check ups since they usually are the minorities and lack money. Most people believe that seeing the doctor is a luxury. My issue matters because cancer is a dangerous illness that must be treated as soon as possible. People don't deserve to die just because they don't have something as meaningless as money. Paper defines our lives as it is. There are alternatives so people can survive and keep up with treatments. In ever 8 woman there is 1 with breast cancer. This is a high rate.
I want to spread awareness in my community. I suffer of cancer so this issue is my experience especially because i am a minority as well. We are all humans and we all suffer illnesses and cancer seems like such a hopeless illness but it is not if we are all smart and attentive with it.
Undocumented people are the highest to not go get check ups since they usually are the minorities and lack money. Most people believe that seeing the doctor is a luxury. My issue matters because cancer is a dangerous illness that must be treated as soon as possible. People don't deserve to die just because they don't have something as meaningless as money. Paper defines our lives as it is. There are alternatives so people can survive and keep up with treatments. In ever 8 woman there is 1 with breast cancer. This is a high rate.
I want to spread awareness in my community. I suffer of cancer so this issue is my experience especially because i am a minority as well. We are all humans and we all suffer illnesses and cancer seems like such a hopeless illness but it is not if we are all smart and attentive with it.