In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, our theme for October is #CheckYourself, emphasizing the importance of monitoring your breast health. This week, we are highlighting a breast cancer survivor whose story reminds us to live every day to its fullest: Dawn Hughes. Normally, we ask our features questions to guide our writing, but Dawn's responses were so powerful that we knew our words wouldn't do them justice. We hope her story inspires you as much as it did us.

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, our theme for October is #CheckYourself. We hope to amplify the voices of survivors, share resources in our community and highlight the importance of monitoring breast health. This week, we are featuring Freedom Kolb, a servant leader, community organizer and champion of women, children and families and equity and inclusion in Central Indiana.

It is World Teachers' Day, and we at Herd Strategies are honoring teachers domestically and abroad. Teachers have impacted all our lives in ways beyond measure. Remember, if you can read this: thank a teacher.