Painted Pink for Breast Cancer

09/29/2026

MEET WATCHEN in today’s IG takeover.
5-Year Survivor. Grant Writer. Health Equity Advocate. Tigerlily ANGEL.

At just 33 years old, Watchen Marie was diagnosed with breast cancer. She made the deeply personal decision to undergo a mastectomy without chemotherapy. Eventually, treatment ended, but Watchen’s relationship with breast cancer didn’t. She chose to keep showing up for the women coming behind her.

Today, Watchen is a Tigerlily Foundation ANGEL Advocate, using her voice and lived experience to advocate for women impacted by breast cancer and health disparities. She brings that same purpose into her work as a grant writer.

Watchen helps nonprofits—particularly organizations doing work around breast cancer and health equity - find the funding and resources they need to serve their communities.

Her experience motivated her to create The Survivor’s Blueprint: 3 Steps to Sustainable Self-Care After Breast Cancer - a practical and personal framework rooted in what she has learned about caring for herself while continuing to care deeply about her community.

Come hear more of her testimony at the brunch on Saturday 10/3.

13th Annual Painted Pink Bruncheon

October 3rd

11AM- 3 PM

Alpharetta, GA 30338

Last tickets at the link in bio

09/29/2026

MEET WATCHEN in today’s IG takeover.💕
7-Year Survivor. Grant Writer. Health Equity Advocate. Tigerlily ANGEL.

At just 31 years old, Watchen Marie was diagnosed with breast cancer. She made the deeply personal decision to undergo a mastectomy without chemotherapy. Eventually, treatment ended, but Watchen’s relationship with breast cancer didn’t. She chose to keep showing up for the women coming behind her.

Today, Watchen is a Tigerlily Foundation ANGEL Advocate, using her voice and lived experience to advocate for women impacted by breast cancer and health disparities. She brings that same purpose into her work as a grant writer.

Watchen helps nonprofits—particularly organizations doing work around breast cancer and health equity - find the funding and resources they need to serve their communities.

Her experience motivated her to create The Survivor’s Blueprint: 3 Steps to Sustainable Self-Care After Breast Cancer - a practical and personal framework rooted in what she has learned about caring for herself while continuing to care deeply about her community.

Come hear more of her testimony at the brunch on Saturday 10/3.

13th Annual Painted Pink Bruncheon

October 3rd

11AM- 3 PM

Alpharetta, GA 30338

Last tickets at the link in bio

09/28/2026

We’re so excited to have DR. APRIL SPENCER as a brunch speaker to educate us on breath health.
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Breast Surgeon. Author. Founder. Advocate. Community Partner.

For more than 20 years, April Spencer has dedicated her career to breast health, breast cancer surgery, education and advocacy. She is a board-certified breast surgeon and founder of Dr. Spencer’s Global Breast Health & Wellness Center, where her work spans diagnosis, surgical care, surveillance and supportive wellness.

Painted Pink provides Care Kits to Dr. Spencer’s practice to place directly into the hands of women navigating breast cancer.

And inside some of those Care Kits, we’ve also been able to include something created by Dr. Spencer herself: her book, Treat It, Beat It & Move On: A Praying Surgeon’s Guide to Thriving Beyond Breast Cancer. It’s truly a resource to breast cancer thrivers and aids them as they navigate their diagnosis.

We’re so excited to have one of our own community partners, Dr. April Spencer, in the room with us as a trusted medical expert. Grab your ticket asap to be educated by her.

13th Annual Painted Pink Bruncheon
Lifting As We Rise
Saturday, October 3, 2026
11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Phase Event Space | Alpharetta, GA

This isn’t just a brunch. It’s education, community, advocacy and connection—all at one table. atlanta

09/27/2026

🚨 Got your Painted Pink brunch ‘fit because it’s the FINAL CALL for tickets?

Painted Pink Ticket ✔️
Painted Pink Brunch Chic Fit ✔️

Note sure what to wear? Here’s the dress code.

Brunch chic 💕
An opportunity to dress up in celebration of survivorship and awarness

Ladies
Cocktail dresses, skirts and tops, trousers
Pink first, white second

Men
Jackets, button downs, ties, polos, & trousers
Pink first, white and neutrals second

❌ We kindly request that you HOLD on jeans and overly causal attire. The brunch only happens once a year, let’s dress up to celebrate it.

Run to the link in bio to get your ticket today if you haven’t. Ticket sales are ending. 🚨

09/26/2026

⏰ Have you done your September self breast exam yet? A reminder to do yours, just ahead of Breast Cancer Awareness Month and our 13th Annual Brunch on 10/3. Grab your ticket -FINAL CALL- to learn more breast health information from Dr. Speed.

Self breast exam steps ⬇️

Get to know your girls through monthly self breast exams to know your normal and recognize anything irregular around the same time each month while looking in a mirror.

A majority of those diagnosed have no family history of the disease, so having no family history definitely means you should

Step 1: Raise One Arm

Place one arm behind your head.
Use the fingertips of your other hand to gently feel around the breast and armpit.
Use a circular pattern, up and down, and in a wedge pattern.

Step 2: Repeat on the Other Side

Switch arms and repeat the same motions.

Step 3: Visual Inspection

Lower your arms and check for visible differences.
Raise your arms and inspect again.

Look For:

Changes in shape, swelling, or distortion
Dimpling, puckering, or skin bulging
Inverting of the ni**le or change in ni**le position
Rash, redness, soreness, or discharge

Note: If you notice any changes or abnormalities, consult your healthcare provider promptly. Ensure you get a breast exam at your routine annual appointments.

Dense Tissue Disclaimer: Dense breast tissue can hide cancer on a mammogram and raises breast cancer risk. Women with dense breasts should have routine screenings and consider a 3D mammogram.

09/24/2026

MEET GRACE
International Makeup Artist. Mother. Founder. Survivor.

For 19 years and counting, Grace | Makeup Artist has built a career as an international makeup artist, using beauty to help women see and feel like themselves.

Then at 38, beauty became personal in an entirely different way. Grace found a lump in her breast. When she brought it to her doctor’s attention, she was initially told not to worry, but Grace knew her body. She kept pushing. That decision ultimately led to her breast cancer diagnosis and while navigating everything that came with cancer, Grace learned she was pregnant with her third child.

During treatment, the simple act of doing her makeup helped her reconnect with herself—to look in the mirror and still recognize Grace beyond the diagnosis.

Today, Grace is the founder of Survivors Beauty, where she is taking what helped her through one of the hardest seasons of her life and giving it back to women who are currently in active treatment and survivorship. It’s not about covering up what cancer has changed. It’s about creating a safe space for women to reconnect with themselves.

13th Annual Painted Pink Brunch
Lifting As We Rise
Saturday, October 3, 2026
Atlanta, Georgia

11-3PM

Tickets: www.paintedpink.net

09/23/2026

MEET TALYA PARKER
Cybersecurity Leader. Mother. Storyteller. Survivor. Brunch Speaker.
Check out her IG Story Takeover ahead of the brunch on 10/3. TALYA JOHNSON-PARKER

What happens when life doesn’t give you time to recover from one thing before handing you another? Talya Parker knows.
HBCU and Ivy League trained, Talya had built a career in cybersecurity when she was swept into the mass tech layoffs of 2024. She began searching for what was next. Then came breast cancer.
At 36, while already navigating career uncertainty, Talya was diagnosed. And while undergoing chemotherapy in 2025, she learned that her son had autism. Her parents moved in to help.
In one season, Talya was navigating her health, her career and motherhood.

She became a woman who needed to be cared for while also learning how to care for her child in a new way. Sometimes life asks more of us than we believe we have the capacity to give.
And sometimes rising isn’t about proving we can handle it all. Sometimes it’s accepting the help.
Letting our family show up. Changing the plan.
Slowing down. Being vulnerable.And trusting that needing someone to lift us doesn’t make us any less strong.

Talya didn’t wait until everything was wrapped up neatly to share her story. She documented her experience in real time, creating honest content around treatment, motherhood and living urgently—and allowing other women to see themselves in the unfinished parts of her journey.

Come hear what Talya discovered when she realized she didn’t have to carry it alone.
13th Annual Painted Pink Brunch | Lifting As We Rise
This isn’t a panel. This is a seat at the table.
Tickets: www.paintedpink.net

09/20/2026

09/20/2026

Walking different paths, but connected by survivorship. 🩷 In 18 days, our Bruncheon surivor panel comes to life featuring our host, Grace; and speakers,Talya, Jetta, a s. Watchen. These women who are walking in their divine purposes and unique journeys are connected by the breast cancer experience. Come hear their amazing testimonies of being diagnosed under the age of 40. Grace | Makeup Artist TALYA JOHNSON-PARKER Jetta Kai Watchen Marie

The 13th Annual Painted Pink Bruncheon
Phase Events
Alpharetta, GA
11-3PM

Grab your ticket and sponsor a breast cancer’s survivor ticket at the link in bio.

09/19/2026

Ready for your next girls day? We’ve got you covered on October 3rd with the 13th Annual Painted Pink Bruncheon.

What’s in store 💕
Girl Talk with young Black survivors. Breast health education from Dr. April Spencer. Beauty/wellness gifting. Good food. DJ. Photo moments. Sisterhood. A room intentionally created for us.

Drop it in the group chat because you don’t want to miss it!

Saturday
10/3
11AM-3PM
Phase Events
Alpharetta, GA