Yael Cohen - Fuck Cancer

Yael Cohen Braun (born November 5, 1986) is the founder and CEO of Fuck Cancer, a health organization working for early detection and prevention of cancer. Cohen launched Fuck Cancer in 2009 after her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. Fuck Cancer aims to engage millennials through social media to have a conversation about early detection and acute awareness of cancer.

Early life

Cohen was born in South Africa and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia. She attended the University of British Columbia where she received a B.A. in Political Science in 2008. After graduation, she went on to work in finance.

Personal life

Cohen married American music manager Scooter Braun on July 6, 2014 in Whistler, British Columbia. On August 27, the couple announced that they were expecting their first child together and she gave birth to a boy, Jagger Joseph Braun, on February 6, 2015 in Los Angeles. She gave birth to their second child, Levi Magnus Braun, on November 29, 2016.

Awards

• 2011 The Globe and Mail′s 12 people who are transforming philanthropy
• 2012 Fast Company 100 Most Creative People in Business
• Women's Executive Network 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada
• Marketing Thirty Under 30
• Business In Vancouver Forty under 40

References

External links

• Fuck Cancer
• Teen Vogue: "Giving Back: Yael Cohen's Mission to Promote Early Cancer Detection"
• Yael Cohen Braun Video produced by Makers: Women Who Make America