About Survivor Wellness

Survivor Wellness is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1997 as Cancer Wellness House.

Our mission is to improve the quality of life for cancer survivors, their family members, caregivers and loved ones by providing free and reduced-cost cancer wellness services and support in a welcoming, home-like setting.

Survivor Wellness is a cancer care community, a sanctuary in the heart of the city.

Survivor Wellness does not discriminate on the basis of race, culture, gender, sexuality, nation of origin, disability, or age.

Survivor Wellness actively welcomes members of marginalized groups with open arms, with the understanding that these individuals are subject to social determinants of health (SDOH) that lead to an increased risk and likelihood of developing cancer.

In short: Survivor Wellness welcomes all cancer survivors and their caregivers and immediate support team members, including those belonging to marginalized groups such as the LGBTQ+ and BIPOC communities.

All programming at Survivor Wellness is available to anyone who has received a cancer diagnosis, as well as their family members, caregivers and loved ones.

You are a cancer survivor as soon as you hear the words, “You have cancer”. Your caregivers are also survivors, as outlined by the National Cancer Institute in 2021.

Our Staff

  • Dana Levy, MA, IAYT, CLMA, RSMT

    Executive Director

  • Kiera Lucich, LMT

    Licensed Massage Therapist

    Owner, Smart Move Wellness

  • Colette Ruff

    Certified Oncology Esthetician

    Owner, CNB Essentials

  • Meg Hansen

    Reiki Master

    Owner, Balanced Soul 8

  • Monalisa King

    Reiki Master

  • Elise Scribner, LCSW

    Courageous Conversations Faciliator

    Owner, ThriveOn Counseling

  • Kristen Davis, CIAYT

    Certified Yoga Therapist

    Certified Patient Advocate

    Owner, Bomi Wellness

  • Lisa Reid

    Life Coach

  • Carlos Justiniano

    Level 2 Holden Qigong Teacher

    Owner, Qigong with Carlos

  • Shanti Kieffer

    Sound Bath Practitioner

    Owner, Shanti Sounds & Shanti and Me

  • Andrew Johnson

    Certified Foundation Training Instructor

  • Angie Castor

    Breathwork Coach

    Owner, Blissed Out Breathwork

Our Board

  • Joe Goodman

    Board Chair

  • Melissa Smith

    Board Secretary

  • Grant Jackson, MD

    Board Member

  • James Roberts

    Board Member

  • David Fuhrman

    Board Member

POLICIES:

Contact our office to learn more

• Cancellation Policy

• Service Animal Policy

HISTORY

This organization was established as Cancer Wellness House by Tika Beard and a host of courageous members and dedicated caregivers of the cancer community in Salt Lake City, Utah. The current staff and administration of Survivor Wellness offers our deepest respect and gratitude to these trailblazers. 

Our organization honors the history of Holy Cross Hospital, the Montgomery Family, and those who work courageously to serve those living with cancer in the Salt Lake City area. Survivor Wellness is grateful to Holy Cross Hospital Salt Lake City and Common Spirit Health for providing the welcoming houses out of which the organization has operated since 1997.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We acknowledge that Survivor Wellness sits on the unceded ancestral ground and homelands of the indigenous Ute, Paiute, Shoshone and Goshute tribes, the original stewards of this land. As we embrace these spaces, we gather in community to heal, connect, cultivate safety and ask for continued blessings of guidance, fortitude, abundance and strength for all who come through these healing spaces. We remain conscious of and indebted to the sacred relationship the indigenous peoples held with this land before us, and are committed  to caring  for the land that we now occupy, as did those who came before us.

“Survivor Wellness heals the things the doctors cannot.”

— Member of Survivor Wellness since 2014