We're excited to announce Deltra James as the Guest Editor for the metastatic breast cancer (MBC) issue of More Life Magazine publishing in fall 2025. The MBC issue will be a beautiful curation of experiences, resources and practical tips to support people of color living with metastatic breast cancer.
About Deltra
Deltra James is a patient advocate, poet, podcaster, and death doula living with Triple-negative metastatic breast cancer. With humor, vulnerability, and fierce compassion, she creates space for honest, often difficult conversations around illness, mortality, identity, and intimacy.
She regularly facilitates support groups, contributes to educational programming for patients, and speaks on topics that empower those parenting, dating, and creatively coping through cancer, while addressing disparities in care and helping people navigate mortality with clarity, courage, and care. Her story and insights have been featured by NPR, People, Wildfire Magazine, Cancer Health, and The Washington Post.
Deltra lives in Connecticut with her five daughters, cats trained in post-chemo cuddling, and a collection of wigs worthy of their own memoir. She is deeply committed to helping others feel seen, safe, and sovereign—no matter where they are in their story.
Here's how you can get involved:
- Share Your Experience and Expertise:
We're opening up select columns for community submissions including:
- Invisible Pink: Personal reflections from people living with MBC on the conversations they wish were more common.
- Inspo to Impact: A spotlight on CHAINgemakers living with MBC who are using their voice, time, and talents to drive progress in advocacy, patient support, care, and research. Know someone? Want to share your story? Submit here.
- Family Matters: Stories that speak to the heart of caregiving—offering support, strength, and shared understanding for those walking alongside a loved one with MBC.
- The Art of Healing: Have a creative practice or accessible art activity that brings you joy or calm? Share it with others looking for simple ways to heal creatively.
- Meaningful Music: Whether it’s a go-to anthem or a tender track that got you through, we’re curating playlists from the MBC community filled with songs that soothe, strengthen, and speak.
- Share Your Favorite MBC Resources
Our online resource directory features hundreds of tools and programs, but this print issue will focus specifically on resources for the MBC community. Help us connect others to support—in their backyard in beyond—by contributing your go-to recommendations.
- Sponsor or Make a Gift
More Life Magazine and The Missing Pink Breast Cancer Alliance are evolving—and we’re excited for what’s ahead. With your support, we can build a stronger, more connected cancer community where everyone feels seen, supported, and empowered to live well.
