
Reentry Reframed
From Surviving to Thriving: Suzie Casarona
<p>As a childhood cancer survivor, Suzie Casarona still remembers the moment her world shifted with the diagnosis of a Wilms tumor that would ultimately claim one of her kidneys. Growing up as the middle child of nine, Suzie’s early years were defined by chaos and instability—an environment that eventually led her into the foster care system. Between the trauma of her health battles and the abuse she endured from grade school through junior high, Suzie’s path was marked by pain long before she reached adulthood. By 16, she had dropped out of school and turned to illicit substa...

