Tia Mowry is on a mission to change the health narrative among Black families one recipe at a time.
As a woman who wears many hats, Mowry is best known for her work as an actress, producer, entrepreneur and more over the past few decades. Mowry also has a passion for food, using her love for cooking to prepare delicious meals for herself and her loved ones.
Mowry is hosting a new series, Rewrite the Recipe, designed to spark conversations about cancer around the dinner table in Black households across the nation.
“Our families tend to skip this conversation,” Mowry told Blavity in an interview. “The reason why I wanted to be a part of such an incredible campaign is because I, myself, have been, of course, affected by cancer in some kind of way. I’ve lost two uncles, my grandmother, to cancer, and then, most recently, about a year and a half ago, my auntie, to cancer. They were all relatively young.”
She added, “I’ve always been the type of person to be curious and ask ‘Why?’ And so in my mid-20s, even up to now, I have been diving in, I’m talking about digging deeper, into my family genetics, into my family history, because all of the passings happened on my mother’s side, so it’s maternal. So I say all that to say, I have now been informed, and I now feel empowered, because I now understand my potential risks, and I understand how there is a gap, and when it comes to odds, it’s not necessarily the same in Black communities. So this is very personal to me.”
“When we’re talking about cancer, the odds aren’t the same when it comes to Black communities, in the sense that we tend to get diagnosed with cancer in the later stages, and that is with any type of cancer, which can, in fact, affect, or impact, a patient’s outcome,” said Mowry.
The importance of knowing your family history
With family history being a key factor that can influence a person’s risk of a cancer diagnosis, Mowry understands the importance of having the proper support and resources, through ad
