12 RESILIENT MAGAZINE
RESILIENCE IN LIFE AND LEADERSHIP Christine Handy is a mother of two, a breast cancer survivor, an international speaker, and an accomplished model. She is also a student at Harvard, a mentor board member of two nonprofits and a nationally recognized humanitarian. Christine is a popular social media influencer and Fox News breast cancer expert. Christine has seen it all and has overcome all odds. Her motto is, that there's always a purpose and pain. Christine is also a best-selling author of the book Walk Beside Me A Story of Hope, Faith, Friendship, Hardship, and Taking a Closer Look at What Truly Matters.
Kim: Christine, please tell us a little bit more about who you are. I'm a mother, which is my most important job. I'm an avid tennis player, which will be shocking to you after we talk about my story. I live in Miami, Florida, because I'm a beach girl, not a mountain girl. And I'm from Saint Louis, Missouri, so I'm forever a Midwesterner. And I'm from Kansas. So we've got that in common. But you got the beaches, and I'm from the mountains. Can you tell how white I am? So I blend in winter for you.
Kim: Share with us what you do. I get to wake up every single day and serve in some capacity, whether it's with my book. Whether it's with my speaking career, whether it's modelling with a concave chest in New York Fashion Week or the year in Miami Fashion Week, if it's mentoring cancer patients or mentoring prisoners, or working with brands on social media, giving people hope and sharing my
