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GLORIA CLARK We never know where our life’s journey will take us. Even when there are hints as we are growing up, most of us still have little idea about how we will live out our lives. Gloria J. Clark is no exception. Born and reared by parents who loved her and wanted the best for their nine children, Clark learned early on the importance of helping others. “My most memorable experience growing up as a child was learning from our parents how to look out for others,” she says. “Even today I am still looking out for people less fortunate than I am.” One of the ways that Clark looks out for others is through her participation in the Witness Project of Northeast Louisiana. As a cancer survivor herself, Clark knows firsthand the importance of this survivors’ support network for AfricanAmerican women. Once a recipient of their cancer education and resources to help cope with her own disease and treatments, Clark today is a dispenser of those gifts to others desperate for information and comfort. In recognition of her personal strength and endurance as well as that of thousands of other cancer survivors and lifers in our region, Gloria J. Clark is our October BayouIcon.
ARTICLE BY GEORGIANN POTTS PHOTOGRAPHY BY KELLY MOORE CLARK
28 OCTOBER 2021 | WWW.BAYOULIFEMAG.COM
