Beauty of Hope: Shawna Bodien

Shawna Bodien was a busy mother of six, juggling her home life with a demanding career as the events manager at the Sanford Center. She never expected to be diagnosed with breast cancer at just 43 years old. Bodien found hope in the Sanford Joe Lueken Cancer Center. The new cancer center, the largest and most advanced in northern Minnesota, had just opened five minutes from her Bemidji home. The new cancer center opened in September 2018, bringing coordinated and comprehensive cancer care, enhanced technology and expanded services together, under one roof. The cancer center offers services for every stage of the cancer journey from diagnosis to treatment to survivorship.