Musician, Sarah Burrill, is one of the many women I photographed for my new portrait series "Rise Above: Exploring the Many Faces of Breast Cancer on Cape Cod". Cape Cod has a 20% higher rate of breast cancer than the rest of the country which was why I wanted to explore this issue. Sarah was diagnosed with stage four inflammatory breast cancer at the age of 40. "I was in shock when I found out and did everything under the sun. I had two rounds of high dose chemotherapy and a mastectomy; I did herbs and glyconutrients; I even had myself energetically erased!" she exclaims. Sarah eventually had her other breast removed because she didn’t want to have reconstructive surgery and was tired of medical procedures. The tattoos she now has on her chest represent her connection to her sister, whose ashes are buried under the cherry tree in her yard and her mother, whose ashes are buried under the dogwood.