Breast cancer awareness continues to be a mission for one San Antonio TV anchor more than a decade after her death. In memory of KABB anchor Karen Martinez, the Healing Hearts Gala is hosting their annual Healing Hearts Telethon on FOX SA and News 4 San Antonio. Proceeds from the telethon go to benefit the ThriveWell Cancer Foundation of San Antonio, a nonprofit organization that was close to Martinez’s heart. Before her passing in 2013 , Martinez shared with Executive Director Erin Ercoline that cancer did not define her, she was still “Karen.”
“And just because her battle ended this way,” Ercoline said, “Karen didn’t want others to lose hope in their own fights.”
Despite Martinez losing her battle with breast cancer, she continues to help patients win theirs every year moving forward…