Anita Garcia Arredondo
Nutrition and Cancer Coach • Founder, Be Healthy Tampa.
Breast cancer survivor and two-time melanoma survivor, Anita turned her own journey into a mission: helping women rebuild their health, their strength, and their lives after cancer.
Television
FOX 13 Tampa Bay — October 2026
Live in-studio interview with Linda Hurtado, sharing her breast cancer journey and Making Strides Against Breast Cancer as the 2026 Executive Ambassador of Hope.
Bloom TV with Gayle Guyardo — October 2025
Talking breast cancer and early detection.
10 Tampa Bay News — 2025 Making Strides Walk
Interviewed at the walk as a 2025 Portraits of Hope Ambassador.
Bloom TV with Gayle Guyardo — May 2025
Segment taped May 2, 2025 and aired May 6, 2025, shared with her daughter and granddaughter.
Speaking
Honeywell Aerospace — October 20, 2026
Spoke to employees about Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, awareness, prevention, and early detection, alongside Paige Carbon and moderated by Contessa Dorsey.
Women's Professional Network, "The Work Between" Annual Conference and Gala — October 16, 2026, Centre Club, Tampa
Pinellas County Board of Commissioners, Breast Cancer Awareness Month Proclamation — October 13, 2026
Spoke alongside fellow survivor Kat Casperson, representing the American Cancer Society and Making Strides.
Tampa Bay Women's Professional Network Conference, panel speaker — September 2025
Survivor Empowered Women's Conference — May 4, 2024
Breaking the Silence Virtual Summit: Voices of Survivors — 2024
Sharing her story alongside fellow survivors.
EmpowHERment Health and Wellness Event — 2024
Podcasts
"Think Pink" — February 2024
Sharing part of her story.
Cocktails and Chaos, "Boss Babes of Tampa Bay Round 2"
With Kara and Emily, talking business and the journeys behind them.
Watch on YouTube
The Slay Podcast
Welcoming Anita as a cancer survivor who repurposed her life's journey to empower others. Available on Spotify and YouTube.
Published Author
"My Life Reimagined: From Emotional Scars to Empowered Success" in Slaying Tampa Bay: Stories of Powerful Women Leaving Their Mark, curated by Leigh M. Clark
#1 Best Seller on Amazon.
Available on Amazon
Paperback ISBN 978-1-958481-26-4 • Ebook ISBN 978-1-958481-27-1
Co-author, Whatever It Takes: True Stories of Entrepreneurial Imagination, Intention & Impact — November 1, 2023
One of seven featured women entrepreneurs sharing real, raw stories of their journeys.
Available on Amazon
Hardcover ISBN 9781961185241 • Paperback ISBN 9781961185265
"Still Rising" in Slaying St. Petersburg: Stories of Powerful Women Leaving Their Mark
Her chapter opens with her "nine lives" line and tells of surviving a car accident, a house fire, breast cancer, melanoma, and losing her home and business the night Hurricane Helene hit.
Available on Amazon
Awards & Advocacy
Thriver Award, EmpowHERment — June 14, 2026
Presented at the 2026 HER Brunch, Le Méridien Tampa, presented by HCA Florida Largo Hospital. EmpowHERment helps women thrive through connection, support, mentorship, and opportunities for financial, emotional, and personal growth.
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer
2025 Portraits of Hope Ambassador • 2026 Executive Ambassador of Hope
The Affirmations Project — 2016
Portrait participant. Her affirmation word was "Stronger," a word her mom always said to her, and after her mom's passing in 2006, dragonflies became her mom's signs of strength. In May 2011 she was diagnosed with Stage 2B Invasive Lobular Carcinoma of the right breast, and dragonflies swarmed her as she left the doctor's office.
2016 portraits gallery
Press
OrlandoVoyager, "Rising Stars: Meet Anita Arredondo"
Interview on her story, Be Healthy, and the future Be Healthy Wellness Center.
Read the interview
OrlandoVoyager, "Meet Anita Arredondo" — 2022
Her earlier interview, on becoming a coach, surviving cancer, and helping people learn to live and not diet.
Read the interview
Sheroes Spotlight: 40 Women Over 40, Ambika Photography — [2024?]
Featured among 40 women over 40 in Ambika's portrait book celebrating strength, wisdom, and beauty.
See the project
Tampa Magazine, Women to Watch 2026
Featured in the 2026 Women to Watch edition.
South Tampa Magazine — 2026
Featured alongside other Tampa Bay women.
40 Women to Watch in Tampa Bay Award — 2025 and 2026
Award recipient in 2025 and 2026, for business impact, community service, and efforts to empower and inspire other women.
Tampa Bay Women's Professional Network Grant — October 2026
$1,000 grant and recognition from the group.
Tampa Bay Women's Professional Network Emerald Member Spotlight
"I am a proud member of Tampa Bay Women's Professional Network and was named one of the 40 Women to Watch by TBWPN."
40 Women to Watch award recipient, 2025 and 2026