Stupid Dumb Breast Cancer is Ann Marie Giannino’s fierce and unconventional initiative to promote awareness and advocacy, with a special focus on how the disease impacts the mental state of so many people. On behalf of her organization, Ann Marie has been featured in area publications, appeared on TV, local radio, and Huff Post Live, and hosts a series of monthly events. Since its inception in 2012, Stupid Dumb Breast Cancer has raised and contributed over $750,000 to a variety of breast cancer organizations, including Stand Up to Cancer, Duke Hospital, Wilmot Cancer Center, the Upstate Cancer Center, CancerConnects, Personal P.Ink, and the Maureen’s Hope Foundation. Cancer Connects is now her primary organization for donations. CancerConnects is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that provides programs and services to help facilitate the cancer journey. We empower cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers via connections to community resources, support, and guidance.

Ann Marie communicates regularly with a growing network of patients, their loved ones, and supporters via a variety of social media, where she candidly shares her thoughts and experiences and welcomes others to join the conversation, discover their own strengths, and discuss their journeys. Throughout life, people overcome challenges such as becoming a parent, building a home, being diagnosed with an illness, divorce, relocation, parenthood by adoption, retirement, and hundreds more. These life challenges often leave people lost, seeking wisdom and support.