You Can Be Broken and Still Brave: A Conversation with Zelene Zaragoza on Loss and Survival
In this deeply moving episode of Chu on This!, Dr. Katie W. Chu sits down with Zelene Zaragoza, a police dispatcher and lifelong member of the San Gabriel Valley community, for an emotionally honest conversation about cancer, grief, survival, and the lifelong impact of loss.
Zelene shares the story of losing her mother to stage-four gallbladder cancer when she was just nineteen years old. What followed was a rapid six-month journey that reshaped her understanding of love, strength, and resilience. She reflects on grief as a lasting presence, one that evolves but never fully disappears, and on…
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