The AMYCC, (formerly Teresianas) is currently managed by Mrs. María Isabel Cáceres, She collaborated with Ana María Garabana, Lucy Gladys Brito and Enna Victoria Eugenia Rodríguez and launched the project “Nuevos Horizontes” in 1995.
The goal was to provide emotional support to those diagnosed or in recovery from all types of cancer, and to raise awareness and offer a message of hope, “selfless giving is the art of living”.
In 1996, the Asociación de Mujeres Yucatecas contra el Cáncer A.C. (AMYCC) was established, and was the first women’s association in Yucatan dedicated to awareness, prevention and timely detection of breast and cervical cancer for low-income women, in the state and other regions in Mexico. The purpose and objective were to dramatically reduce the incidence of cancer and cancer mortality rates.
In 1998, the founders began to provide conferences on the importance of nutrition and timely detection of cancer, to patients and relatives who were staying in Mérida. The organization gained momentum and started to get more visibility when doctors were included in the project by performing pap tests, clinical breast exams and also provided women with medication.