NEW YORK (PIX11) – A breast cancer survivor is paying it forward after her diagnosis and successful fight against the disease.

Isabella Asante was diagnosed while working as a traveling nurse at Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern. She said her doctor became her source of inspiration 8 years later as she’s trying to build a breast cancer center in Ghana to save the lives of women in her native country.

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