Cynthia Banda has a full life.

She's raising six children, and their extracurriculars keep her busy.

Cynthia’s life looks different than it did five years ago. That's when her sister — Melissa Banda — was murdered by her ex-husband.

Melissa left behind three children, and Cynthia is now raising them along with her own children.

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“We made a deal when everything happened that we were gonna make it through and succeed,” Cynthia said.

Now, Cynthia is fighting a new battle she never expected.

In August, Cynthia was diagnosed with stage two breast cancer.

“I was going for checkups because I had lumps on my left side and they had ruled it out,” Cynthia said. “It started with sonograms,

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