Joy a 17 year breast cancer survivor, is one of the three Co-Founders of the Young Survival Coalition (YSC) an innovative and unique support network for young women affected by breast cancer. She represents the YSC on the Board of Directors of the National Breast Cancer Coalition. Trained through NBCC's Project LEAD®, Joy has put her science training to good use as a member of the Integration Panel of the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program, a member of the CDC Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women and a panel member on the Institute of Medicine's Evidence Communication Innovation Collaborative.