SIU Medicine deputy director Erica Austin will model during New York Fashion Week in September.
Austin, who recently underwent breast cancer surgery, will walk the runway for Dana Donofree, a breast cancer survivor and the designer and founder of AnaOno, an international intimates clothing line for women with breast cancer.
The fashion show is part of the Plastic Surgery Foundation’s twelfth annual Breast Reconstruction Awareness -- or BRA Day -- which aims to raise awareness and educate women about their post-mastectomy breast cancer care options.
Past SIU Medicine models in the fashion show include, Susan Danenberger, owner of Danenberger Family Vineyards, and Tami Russell, Springfield Police officer and president of Police Benevolent and Protective Association Unit 5. Danenberger will walk the runway again this year.
