BRCA Positive and the Hard Choices that Follow

Darlena Cunha is a freelance writer and journalism professor at the University of Florida. When Darlena was in her early 30s, her mother sought out genetic testing and learned that she carried a mutation in the BRCA1 gene. Darlena learned that she carried the same mutation and began the journey of appointments with multiple specialists — discovering that while all would present her with options, no one would actually tell her what she should do.