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Artist Turns Cancer Treatment Masks into Inspiring Art

12/6/2025

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Nardiz Cooke was diagnosed with Stage IV metastatic breast cancer in October 2021.
She discovered a lump in her breast in late 2018.
Her doctor dismissed it as fibrosis.
During two years of radiation therapy, she launched Radiant Sentinels by turning treatment masks into art.
The collection was recently showcased in Miami.

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Story summary

Nardiz Cooke was diagnosed with Stage IV metastatic breast cancer in October 2021.
She discovered a lump in her breast in late 2018.
Her doctor dismissed it as fibrosis.
During two years of radiation therapy, she launched Radiant Sentinels by turning treatment masks into art.
The collection was recently showcased in Miami.