Overview
- Chris Wilson shared a social media tribute and announced services at St. Anthony’s in Reedley, including a public viewing on Feb. 4.
- Doctors diagnosed Andrade with stage 3 colon cancer in 2017; she entered remission in 2018 before the cancer returned and was reclassified as stage 4 after spreading to her reproductive system.
- She won five pageant titles and drew national attention by competing with a visible chemotherapy port.
- Andrade co-founded Not All Heroes Wear Capes, a program that brought gifts, events and encouragement to pediatric cancer patients in the Central Valley.
- She built an audience of more than 20,000 on Instagram to share her story and advocate for early screening and colon cancer awareness.