Michele Forsten, writer

Michele is a published and produced playwright, award-winning columnist and cancer survivors group facilitator. Her guest columns have been published by the New York Times, New York Daily News, The Advocate and Mamm magazine, among others, and have been aired on WNYC-FM’s “All Things Considered.” Michele received the Sarah Pettit Memorial Award for Excellence in LGBT Media from the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association for a series of personal essays on breast cancer. Co-founder of the New York City Lesbian Cancer Support Consortium she has facilitated survivors groups for the Lesbian Cancer Initiative. She is director of communications for New York City College of Technology in Brooklyn, NY.