Author: Shea Mencel, Co-founder, We Are Here | Certified Integrative Health Coach They tell you to fight for your life. But they rarely talk about what that fight might cost you. I’m a 2x breast cancer survivor, diagnosed at 29, with an MBC recurrence at 32. I often say my fertility journey was more traumatic than my diagnoses. When the …
We Are Here is proud to share that our co-founder, Shea Mencel, was recently featured on the Her Health Compass podcast in a powerful conversation with Suzanne Stone, CEO of the Livestrong Foundation, hosted by Yonni Wattenmaker and Heather Ouida. Her Health Compass is a platform dedicated to creating space for honest, human conversations about women’s health, survivorship, and navigating …
We Are Here is proud to share that Carolyn Treviño Jenkins, CEO & Co‑Founder, has been recognized as one of the Top 50 Women Leaders of Austin for 2026 by Women We Admire. This honor highlights influential women across Austin who are shaping their industries and advancing community leadership through innovation and impact. The list celebrates women leading in technology, …
We Are Here is excited to welcome Bindu Chanagala as Strategic Advisor, Product & Operations. Bindu brings deep expertise at the intersection of healthcare, technology, and scaled execution, with leadership experience at CommonSpirit Health, Intermountain Health, SelectHealth, and as a Techstars-backed digital health founder. She joins We Are Here at a pivotal stage of growth, helping the team translate lived …
We Are Here is proud to welcome Jeffrey M. Scribner to the team, bringing over 20 years of national leadership in healthcare compliance, privacy, and enterprise risk management. Jeff’s experience spans Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial health systems, advising boards, regulators, and executive teams through some of the most complex compliance environments in healthcare. His work is defined by integrity, governance …
Author: Shea Mencel, Certified Integrative Health Coach & Co-founder, We Are Here This week, I was confronted face-to-face with my “why.” I seriously considered delaying my cancer treatment. Not because I was afraid of the medicine, or unsure of my care team, but because the system made it almost impossible to fit cancer into my life. I felt like I …
We Are Here was featured at HLTH 2025 in Las Vegas, one of the nation’s leading healthcare innovation conferences, highlighting the growing demand for better cancer patient support, navigation, and whole-person care. HLTH 2025 brought together top healthcare leaders, digital health innovators, and policymakers to discuss the future of care—focusing on AI in healthcare, patient experience, and access to care. …
Author: Shea Mencel, Certified Integrative Health Coach & Co-founder, We Are Here Stress is not just an individual experience. It is a physiological force with measurable effects on nearly every system of the body. Chronic stress can alter cardiovascular function, weaken the immune system, disrupt digestion, accelerate aging, and contribute to conditions ranging from diabetes to cancer (1,2,3). For patients …
We Are Here’s ability to launch, learn, and immediately apply those learnings to their next pilot demonstrates the kind of agile, data-driven approach that healthcare systems need from their technology partners. We Are Here just made CancerX history—we are the first startup to launch a pilot program before the cohort even ended! Our platform is transforming connections between social workers …
Author: Shea Mencel, Certified Integrative Health Coach & Co-founder, We Are Here In our last blog, we talked about everyday healing habits—low-cost, accessible things we can do to feel more like ourselves. Let’s talk about stress. Not the kind of stress that passes quickly, like running late or losing your keys. We’re talking about the kind that lingers. The kind …
