Charnette Messe is the founder of Beautiful in Pink designed to embrace women with breast cancer and bring awareness to those not diagnosed. She is also the founder of Dare to Dream Dance Company, and the greeting card company Charnette Messe Embracing Life. My Mommy Taught Me To Dance is her first book. Messe has been a repeated guest on the Oprah Winfrey Show. In addition, her story has been told in the Los Angeles Times, The New London Day, The Norwich Bulletin, The Connecticut Post, The Pensacola News Journal, Dance Teacher Magazine, the former Rosie Magazine, Focus on the Family, Faith and Family Magazine, Military Officer Magazine, World Magazine, The Group Room cancer talk radio show and several community, national, and international media. Charnette is a member of the Young Survival Coalition, Pregnant with cancer network and other organizations that embrace the lives of other's. In the whirlwind of the healthcare debate no person should miss the opportunity to read this book.