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Kristen Harris Shares Her Story

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Kristen Harris

Kristen Harris discusses her friendship with Emily Caldwell Morrison, who died of brain cancer in March 2014.

Kristen Harris discusses her friendship with Emily Caldwell Morrison, who died of brain cancer in March 2014. After Emily’s diagnosis in 2011 while the two were living together, Kristen left her career in advertising and enrolled in medical school.

Kristen told us her story at at I Had Cancer's "A Celebration of Shared Experiences Honoring You."

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