Anabel Figueroa

I joined dozens of Latino state legislators from all around the country for the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Legislative Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The event provided all of us an opportunity to engage in conversations on how to continue to govern effectively as the world quickly moves to embrace and adopt new realities, from artificial intelligence to increasing mis- and disinformation in the digital world.

The legislative summit also allowed Latino officials to gather in a non-partisan setting with diverse leaders, exchange legislative policies, and discuss strategic collaborations.

I have returned to Connecticut with new ideas to make our state even better!

Several Latino state lawmakers discussed the accomplishments and progress of the Hispanic and Puerto Rican communities at a Latino Leadership Roundtable at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford.

We broke down the importance and significance of cultural activism and historical preservation as we highlighted our Hispanic, Latino, and Puerto Rican heritage.

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• The chance of getting breast cancer increases as a woman gets older. Breast cancer is extremely rare in women in their teens or early 20s and uncommon in women under age 40. In fact, 94 percent of new cases of breast cancer occur in women over the age of 40.  
• Your risk of breast cancer increases if your mother, sister, or any close relatives on your mother's or father's side of the family have or had either breast or ovarian cancer. The amount of risk depends on the closeness of the relatives, the total number of relatives, and their age when their cancers were diagnosed.
• If you had cancer in one breast, your chance of getting cancer in the other breast is greater.
• Breast cancer is more common in some racial and ethnic groups than in others, though medical experts do not know why. White women are more likely than Hispanic, African American, Asian, or Native American women to get breast cancer. In addition, women with Eastern European (Ashkenazi Jewish) ancestry on either side of their family are at increased risk. African American women are more likely than women of other racial and ethnic groups to die of breast cancer.
• Your chance of getting breast cancer is increased if you never gave birth or if you had your first child later in life (in your 30s or 40s).
• Your chance of getting breast cancer may be greater if you use certain kinds of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) after menopause.

We are committed in the legislature to fighting for those affected by breast cancer here in Connecticut and will continue to help doctors and scientists working to find cures, address the needs of patients and their families, and make treatments affordable.
 
If you are a woman over 40, please make sure you receive an annual mammogram and check yourself monthly.

Sincerely,

Anabel Figueroa
State Representative