Fary De Leon, the inspiring story of a breast cancer survivor

A true warrior against breast cancer

09 octubre 2014

Fary De Leon Dominican mother and hard working woman came to the U.S. in 1986 like many in search of a dream. For her New York represented the opportunity she was waiting for to succeed. De Leon’s first steps was to educate herself by taking some English courses. She worked a few days in a factory and from the first day she knew that job was not for her: she was extremely underpaid, didn’t get health benefits and worked very long hours. She knew she had the potential to do so much more and she did. For over 13 years, she was given the opportunity to acquire experience and training inproduction that comes vacuum-packed and with a stylishly tattered customized T-shirt attached.

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A NEW TAKE Ilya (Gucci), an artwork by Slava Mogutin.Credit
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