SAWT Podcast | Purpose, Mentorship, and Healing Through Service with Katherine Spitznagle

What if healing wasn’t something you went through alone, but something you offered forward? In this episode of SAWT, Shahd Alsaly sits with Katherine Spitznagle, a TEDx University of South Florida 2026 speaker whose life has been shaped by survival, mentorship, and purpose. A 19 year breast cancer survivor still in treatment, Katherine shares how helping others became a form of healing and how mentorship transformed her journey. From late night phone calls across time zones to pink pearls passed from survivor to survivor, Katherine reflects on the quiet ways care travels, how community shows up when words fall short, and what it means to hold space through some of life’s hardest moments. This conversation is about resilience, faith, and the power of being present. It is a reminder that purpose often reveals itself through service and that even in uncertainty, we can help others feel less alone. Sometimes healing begins when we choose to carry hope for someone else. Follow on Instagram: Host: @shahd.alasaly Guest: @rockstarmillennials