Shanise Pearce — Hereditary Cancer Advocate & Speaker
Shanise Pearce is a hereditary cancer advocate, speaker, and community healer dedicated to reimagining how individuals and families experience early detection, emotional healing, advocacy, and support. Carrying BRCA2 and PMS2 gene mutations associated with Lynch syndrome – and having survived Triple Negative Breast Cancer – Shanise understands firsthand the weight of lineage, silence, and resilience.
Her journey revealed the urgent need for culturally grounded education, accessible genetic awareness, and spaces where people can process grief, fear, identity, and healing together. In response, she created The Advocate’s Table – a place where no one has to navigate their story alone, where lived experience is honored, and where advocacy becomes a shared, communal movement.
Empowering & transformative
Reclaiming Health, History & Healing Together
At The Advocate’s Table, we support individuals and families impacted by hereditary cancer, BRCA2 and PMS2 gene mutations, and Lynch syndrome. Our work centers early detection, genetic awareness, emotional healing, and community support – especially in communities that have historically been overlooked, unheard, or under-resourced.
We believe that knowledge is power, but connection is healing.
Here, your story is honored, your emotions are welcomed, and your voice matters.
Through education, advocacy, shared storytelling, and communal healing spaces, we reclaim our bodies, our histories, and our futures – together.
You Don’t Have to Navigate This Alone
A healing space for those impacted by hereditary cancer – especially in communities historically left out of the conversation.
Whether you are a survivor, previvor, caregiver, or someone carrying a family history you are still trying to understand – there is a seat for you here. We walk together through education, emotional healing, genetic awareness, and community support, with special care for Black and underrepresented communities who have long carried this in silence.
Our Approach: How We Walk Together
At The Advocate’s Table, we practice a community-centered approach to hereditary cancer awareness, emotional healing, advocacy, and support. We walk with individuals and families as they navigate their stories – with tenderness, truth, and collective strength.
Educate
We provide accessible, culturally-rooted education on hereditary cancer, BRCA2 and PMS2 gene mutations, Lynch syndrome, early detection, and genetic testing. Our resources center real lived experiences and empower individuals and families to understand their health history and options with clarity and confidence.
Engage
We create safe, restorative spaces for storytelling, identity exploration, and emotional processing. Through gatherings like the Creative Coloring Healing Circle and guided community dialogues, we honor the stories we carry – the grief, the resilience, and the lineage – together.
Advocate
We work alongside survivors, previvors, caregivers, healthcare partners, and policymakers to advance access to early detection, equitable genetic testing, compassionate care, and culturally-responsive support.
We use our stories as catalysts for systems change – local and statewide.
Support
We walk with individuals and families through the emotional, logistical, and psychological realities of hereditary cancer.
We connect people with supportive healthcare providers, healing resources, and community networks so no one has to navigate this alone.
Empower
We help individuals reclaim agency over their health, their bodies, and their futures. Through shared knowledge, community belonging, and emotional support, we strengthen our capacity to advocate for ourselves and one another – with courage, compassion, and truth.
Testimonials
See How Our Community Grows Together
At The Advocate’s Table, stories are honored, voices are uplifted, and healing is shared.
Our community members speak to the power of being seen, heard, and supported as they navigate hereditary cancer, BRCA2 and PMS2 gene mutations, Lynch syndrome, survivorship, grief, and identity.
They describe finding clarity, belonging, and strength through our shared learning spaces, healing circles, advocacy guidance, and community support.
These stories are not just feedback –
they are proof that none of us walk this journey alone.
