There's no doubt that Alex Charpentier is a busy woman. Between caring for her kids and their schedule of piano and tennis lessons, to working as a public relations and marketing manager, she has to work to keep her energy levels up. This has become more of a challenge as she also battles stage IV lung cancer. 

The diagnosis came as a complete shock, since Charpentier claims to lead a healthy lifestyle of running, eating well, and never smoking. But the 48 year-old mother stays positive and draws energy and strength from her children.Though she missed 6 weeks of work following the diagnosis, between doctors appointments and just processing the information, she did return to work.

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