ABOUT ME

Emma Vivian is a writer, young breast cancer survivor and AYA advocate. Originally from England, Emma is the co-author of “Cancer Sucks, You Don’t: a guidebook for young adults with cancer,” due to be published in 2023. She’s also writing a memoir that details her experience of breast cancer in her twenties. In her advocacy work, Emma organises monthly meet-ups for young women with breast cancer in the greater Los Angeles area, as well as serving as the Chair of the UCLA Hospital AYA advisory board. She has a PGCE in Primary Education and a BA Hons in Music for which she was valedictorian of her graduating year. When not writing, Emma loves devouring transformative memoirs, singing sad songs, and going to agility classes with her puppy/land-shark Flynn.