Susan G. Komen® South Florida announced the appointment of Melissa Dixon, Breast Health Navigator. The position is a first-of-its-kind in the nation to support the new Community-Based Breast Health Navigator Pilot Program for the global Susan G. Komen organization.
Dixon is located in Delray Beach, Florida to provide education and patient navigation services to primarily African American women who are at greater risk for triple negative breast cancer—an aggressive form of the disease—and have a 40% higher mortality rate than white women. Dixon has a personal connection to the women she will reach as an African American breast cancer survivor herself.
Dixon spent nearly a decade with Planned Parenthood of South, East, and North Florida as a breast health navigator and supporting employee relations and training in her last role as HR Manager. She possesses a Master’s Degree in Health Care Administration as well as a Master of Business Administration, and is an alumna of Non Profits First Rising Leaders.
