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Sandra Ibarra (Medina del Campo, Valladolid, 1974) visits ‘Pasapalabra’ this week as a guest. A former model and publicist, she has been a leader in Spain in the fight against cancer for more than 25 years.
At the age of 20, she received the news that would change her life forever. A doctor told her that 98% of her bone marrow had been damaged due to a very aggressive leukemia. Ibarra abandoned her recently started career as a model and communicator. Her career in life was just beginning.
She overcame the disease thanks to a bone marrow transplant from her younger brother and was able to return to her work as a model and student of Information Sciences.
From the very beginning of her illness, Sandra Ibarra was an example of overcoming and making cancer visible. Images of her wearing a headscarf during the treatments she underwent were frequent.
In 2022, at the age of 28, she suffered a relapse that forced her to begin a new battle for her life. Once again, and thanks to another transplant, she was able to overcome the disease.
Sandra Ibarra, in three archive images. RC/Alex Piña/Iñaki Bilbao
In 2008, she created the ‘Sandra Ibarra Foundation for Solidarity against Cancer’, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting research into the disease, its prevention and social awareness.
She has been in a relationship with journalist Juan Ramón Lucas (Madrid, 1958) since 2004. ‘Forbes’ magazine included Sandra Ibarra in the list of the most influential women in Spain in 2022.
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