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Normani Kordei, of the internationally acclaimed pop group Fifth Harmony, has partnered with the American Cancer Society as a global ambassador to help increase awareness about the importance of breast cancer screening and HPV vaccination. The fight against cancer hits close to home as Kordei’s mother, Andrea, is a breast cancer survivor having been diagnosed when Normani was just 5 years old.
“I remember seeing my father shaving my mother’s head in the bathroom after her chemo treatments; It was so traumatizing,” Kordei says.
This heartbreaking memory of her mother, who she calls her role model and inspiration, was the catalyst for aligning with the American Cancer Society and an easy decision to make in helping to fight this horrible disease.
“My mom is my hero, and I wouldn’t be the woman I am today without her,” says Kordei. “I am so committed to this fight. I love the work the American Cancer Society does and being a global ambassador provides me an amazing platform to share my experience and story while growing up, support my grandfather who is currently undergoing treatment for prostate cancer, and honor the legacy of my Uncle Norman, to whom I am named after and never met, having passed from lung cancer at the age of 33.”
The American Cancer Society is the largest voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem, and it’s because of her mother’s breast cancer diagnosis that Normani is especially committed to increasing awareness about the importance of mammography among women in underserved communities. And as a young woman who has taken a step toward the prevention of cervical and other cancers through HPV vaccination, she is the perfect ambassador to share the message to make HPV vaccination a national and global public health priority.
