This Mother’s Day, I’m sharing a story that is both deeply personal and profoundly urgent — the ongoing fight for DES justice: for the DES Mothers, the DES Children, the Third Generation, and beyond.

In 2019, just two days before Mother’s Day, my beloved mom was diagnosed with stage 4 gallbladder cancer — a rare and aggressive disease that kills fewer than 5,000 Americans each year. One month later, on Father’s Day, she died.

I will always believe that DES — the drug once marketed as a "wonder drug" — was behind her death. It is not a relic of the past. It’s a smartbomb, silently embedded in the bodies of its victims, waiting to detonate across generations.

I was a DES activist long before my mother got sick. I knew the damage this so-called “wonder drug” had caused — the generational trauma, the hidden cancers, the silent suffering. But in 2019, that fight became even more heartbreakingly personal.

My mom's death didn’t just deepen my grief — it fanned the flames of my commitment to justice. It’s why I refuse to give up. Why I'm devoted to bringing WONDER DRUG to the screen. Why I’m determined to inform, empower, and protect as many lives as I can.

This weekend, the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, part of the USA TODAY Network, has amplified this fight — and Congressman Jim McGovern’s bold DES Resolution — across more than 300 newspapers across the United States. Read the full article for free HERE.

The DES Resolution demands what DES families have long deserved: an FDA apology, restored funding for the DES Follow-Up Study, and the establishment of a national DES Awareness Week.

This is more than visibility — it’s an opportunity. A chance to turn this momentum into a MOVEMENT.

SIGN and SPREAD the petition to pass the DES Resolution: www.change.org/JusticeForDESFamilies

Help bring light to what was buried — and justice to those who’ve carried the weight for far too long.

Do it for every life touched by DES — and every life we still have time to save.