Caregiving Without a Roadmap: Insights for Cancer Caregivers
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Behind every cancer diagnosis is a caregiver — a parent, partner, sibling, or friend — quietly navigating medical appointments, emotional strain, and financial pressures. This webinar explores the lived experiences captured in Caregiving Without a Roadmap: Insights from Cancer Caregivers, a national listening-session report developed by the National Alliance for Caregiving in partnership with CancerCare. Through real caregiver stories, we’ll examine the gaps in support, the emotional toll of caregiving, and the practical realities that often go unseen.
Date April 28, 2026
Hosted By WellMed Charitable Foundation
Time of Event 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm CST
Tags Communication, caregiving, Aging, elderly, Melina, family, Pineyro, seniors, Melina Pineyro, Care Planning Public and Private Benefits, Health and Wellness, caregiver, Cancer, Support
Melina Pineyro, MPH
Melina Pineyro, MPH, is the Senior Manager of Health Programs at the National Alliance for Caregiving, where she leads national initiatives that elevate family caregivers as essential partners in care, with a focus on cancer and transplant caregiving. Drawing on her lived experience as a former family caregiver and her systems level expertise in program development, research, and multi sector collaboration, she helps drive systemic change and advance health equity across healthcare and social support systems.
Her background spans healthcare, academia, and nonprofit settings, including developing innovative food as medicine programs and chronic disease prevention efforts serving diverse communities in Central Florida. She holds an MPH in Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior and is dedicated to addressing social determinants of health to support caregivers and underserved communities.