Offering Strength to Single Mothers
with Metastatic Breast Cancer
Offering Hope to Their Children
We are dedicated to helping underrepresented single mothers with Metastatic Breast Cancer.
Our mission is to provide financial assistance, patient navigation services and emotional support to underserved single mothers living with Metastatic Breast Cancer, in order to help them have a better quality of life. And to provide hope to both mother and child that they do not have to go on this journey alone.
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Who We Are
Infinite Strength exists to help those with this disease who have no voice, those who have faced adversity after adversity because of their zip code or skin color.
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MBC Panel Discussions
We assemble a team of experts quarterly for in-person (virtual option) panel discussions to tackle the topics that are not talked about enough.
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National Resource Portal
Social Workers and Patients are welcome to apply to our portal filled with resources for Meals, Domestic Violence, Financial Aid, Legal Assistance and more.
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In Her Words
Women with MBC, Caregivers, and Oncology Social Workers share their stories and shed light on the importance of Infinite Strength.
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Find Support
Find support within the MBC community for you and your family, and ask questions as you try to navigate your diagnosis and treatment.
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Apply For Assistance
Our goal is to help single moms with MBC by providing financial assistance for basic human needs: A roof over their head, warmth in the cold, food on the table.
Upcoming Events
Single Mothers and Poverty
We are the only nonprofit in the country dedicated to underserved single mothers with Metastatic Breast Cancer, and the only one to offer monthly recurring financial support to these families.
Not only is breast cancer more biologically aggressive in African American women, the disparity in breast cancer mortality also reflects social barriers that disproportionately affect Black Women via poverty, cultural and social injustice barriers across all disease phases: prevention, detection/incidence, treatment, post treatment/quality of life, survival/recurrence/mortality. NIH
Nationally: 70.5% of all African American working mothers are single moms, making them the primary, if not sole, economic providers for their families.
Economic Policy Institute
My Story
“I knew my story was not typical of most patients. The thin drape that separated me from other women in the infusion room every week did little to mute the voices of those questioning whether they could continue treatment because they were on their own and had bills to pay.”
Roberta Lombardi, Founder and President
On The Blog
On The Blog
We are humbled, a little speechless and extremely honored First Lady Dr. Jill Biden would take the time to recognize our work with Patient Navigation! It has been a privilege to share information and ideas on our initiative with The White House. This journey has been a dream come true, and we are just getting started! Special thanks to Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro for bringing our work to the attention of Dr. Biden.
On behalf of Infinite Strength, Roberta Lombardi (president and founder) presented a research study at ABC 7 in Portugal which explained the impact of financial support from Infinite Strength for single mothers on low incomes living with ABC. ECancer.org highlights Roberta’s findings in this article.
Recent Press
Recent Press
We are humbled, a little speechless and extremely honored First Lady Dr. Jill Biden would take the time to recognize our work with Patient Navigation! It has been a privilege to share information and ideas on our initiative with The White House. This journey has been a dream come true, and we are just getting started! Special thanks to Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro for bringing our work to the attention of Dr. Biden.
On behalf of Infinite Strength, Roberta Lombardi (president and founder) presented a research study at ABC 7 in Portugal which explained the impact of financial support from Infinite Strength for single mothers on low incomes living with ABC. ECancer.org highlights Roberta’s findings in this article.
Infinite Strength is proud to be featured in the inaugural issue of More Life Magazine presented by The Missing Pink Breast Cancer Alliance. Led by Jasmine Dionne Souers, a young breast cancer survivor and health equity advocate, The Missing Pink Breast Cancer Alliance works collaboratively to create community resources that improve the lives of people of color affected by breast cancer.
Lisa Backus, writer and contributor to CT Insider, tells the story of Infinite Strength.
Infinite Strength is excited to share how we’re helping underserved patient populations nationally in the newly updated Hard-to-Reach ABC/MBC Communities toolkit. Join us and the global breast cancer community to find new ways to collaborate and minimize gaps for people living with metastatic breast cancer in these communities.
When Roberta Lombardi, a Connecticut mom of three, heard her diagnosis of early-stage triple-positive breast cancer she had 14 months of treatment but found herself changed after the experience.