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Photos courtesy of artist and Imahica Gallery If her oncologists and other medical specialists had their way, they would remove Yasmin “Jigs” Almonte’s remaining jaw and seal her mouth permanently […]
For three years in a row already, painter-art educator-cancer survivor Yasmin Almonte has been holding solo exhibits in her birth month of January. It is her way of “expressing my gratitude for being here, being alive,” she said.
Painter and art teacher Yasmin “Jigs” Almonte isn’t called a survivor by friends for nothing. She has gone past the pain of cancer that claimed part of her jaw and prevailed over other physical and psychological challenges.
By ELIZABETH LOLARGA Photos courtesy of the artist Painter and art teacher Yasmin “Jigs” Almonte isn’t called a survivor by friends for nothing. She has gone past the pain […]