Fellowships & Community Advisors

The Survivorship Collective offers a small number of fellowships each year for people who bring lived experience, perspective, and care into the heart of this work. These fellowships are designed for individuals who want to help shape the future of survivor-centered, community-based healing while remaining grounded in their own capacity and lived realities.

Fellows serve as thought partners, advisors, and community bridges. Their role is to help us design programs that are humane, ethical, and responsive to the real lives of people navigating illness and survivorship.

Fellowship Pathways

We currently offer fellowships in three focus areas:

1. Survivors and Thrivers Working in Health Care
Clinicians, nurses, social workers, therapists, researchers, or allied health professionals who also bring lived experience of serious illness. Fellows help bridge clinical realities with survivor-centered care and advise on ethical, trauma-informed program design.

2. People Living With Metastatic Cancer
Individuals living with metastatic cancer who wish to help shape programming, language, access pathways, and long-term support models grounded in real lived experience. Fellows help ensure that our work reflects the needs, dignity, and complexity of those living with ongoing illness.

3. Underrepresented and Historically Excluded Communities
Fellows from communities that have been underrepresented in psychedelic, palliative, and healing spaces. This includes (but is not limited to) people marginalized by race, disability, income, geography, gender identity, or cultural background. These fellows help guide access, outreach, and program design so our work remains equitable and accountable.

What Fellows Do

Fellowships are intentionally light-touch and relational rather than labor-intensive. Over the course of one year, fellows may:

  • Meet one-on-one with Anne once per month for reflection, feedback, and co-design

  • Offer perspective on program structure, language, and values

  • Help shape future retreats, fellowships, and community offerings

  • Serve as mentors or points of connection for future participants, as desired

  • Share lived experience with survivors, clinicians, or facilitators in small settings

  • Participate in conversations with physicians, researchers, or policymakers about survivor-centered care

  • Help guide the long-term vision and ethics of the Survivorship Collective

Participation can be public or private, depending on comfort level and capacity.

Time Commitment

  • One year

  • One monthly conversation with Anne (approximately 60 minutes)

  • Optional additional engagement depending on interest, energy, and availability

We understand that health, energy, and life circumstances fluctuate. This fellowship is designed to be flexible, humane, and adaptive.

Why This Matters

The Survivorship Collective believes that the future of healing must be shaped not only by institutions, but by people with lived experience. These fellowships help ensure that our programs are grounded in wisdom, dignity, and real-world understanding — and that those most impacted have a voice in shaping what comes next.

If you feel drawn to this role, or would like to learn more, we invite you to reach out at info@survivorshipcollective.com