In this paper, I will focus on how the experience of having cancer affected not only myself, but my parents as well. I will also cover how oppression played into this experience, and also the risk and protective factors that lead to the positive outcome of this event. Finally, I will apply Bronfonbrenner’s model to analyze and discuss how my cancer diagnosis affected not only myself, but those around me as well. In doing so, I will identify how the various people and institutions involved in my life fit into the ecological systems theory, and I will also name what system(s) best fits each person or institution.
