PODCAST HOSTING
GUEST INTERVIEWS
SCRIPTING
SURVIVOR NARRATIVES
HEALTH COMMUNICATION
EPISODE PLANNING
EPISODE DEVELOPMENT
VIDEO SERIES
SOUND AND STORY
about.
After being diagnosed with kidney and thyroid cancer before 40, I started sharing my story to make sense of it. I soon realized many survivors were stuck in silence and confusion.
I use journalism and storytelling to create survivor-centered content across podcasts, video, blogs, and reporting that reflects the real experience.
I host Kidney Cancer Unfiltered, where survivors, caregivers, and experts speak openly about what helps, what doesn’t, and what needs to change. I also work with advocacy groups to build content grounded in science and lived experience.
My goal is to bring real stories and honest information to those navigating life with cancer.
A note about my name: When I started out in journalism, I chose to spell my name with a “y” — professionally, at least. I thought it made me stand out. Recently, I decided to return to the legal spelling, with an “i.” You can read all about why here.
media.
PODCAST HOSTING
Kidney Cancer Unfiltered | Kidney Cancer Association
4 seasons
4000+ downloads
28+ countries
The Sad & Buff Show | Stillwell Fitness, LLC
PODCAST APPEARANCES
Navigating Cancer TOGETHER, Behind the Stories: Our Reflections on Survivorship | 6/2025
Navigating Cancer TOGETHER, National Cancer Survivor Month: What's at the Heart of Survivorship | 6/2025
Real Talk on Renal Cancer: Annamaria Scaccia, Judy Nicholson Kidney Cancer Foundation | Ep. 11
CANCER INTERVIEWS, AnnamarIa Scaccia, Renal Cancer Survivor Austin, Texas, USA | 5/2022
SUPERSETYOURLIFE.COM PODCAST, Annamara Scaccia, the Cancer-Surviving Bodybuilder! | E95
video.
INTERVIEWER
2025 KCA Virtual Patient Symposium: My Kidney Cancer Story #3 (coming soon)
2025 KCA Virtual Patient Symposium: My Kidney Cancer Story #2 (coming soon)
2025 KCA Virtual Patient Symposium: My Kidney Cancer Story #1 (coming soon)
2024 KCA Virtual Patient Symposium: My Kidney Cancer Story #3
2024 KCA Virtual Patient Symposium: My Kidney Cancer Story #2
2024 KCA Virtual Patient Symposium: My Kidney Cancer Story #1
PRESENTER
A Kidney Cancer Education Event for Patients & Caregivers 10/5/24 - Movement and Exercise
Bring Your Whole Self to Work for Others, Austin Chapter, 8/22/24
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT
Available for video projects on cancer survivorship and advocacy as a subject matter expert, host, interviewer, or producer. I bring both lived experience as a two-time survivor and professional expertise in communications and storytelling.
health comms.