Our Mission

Kristen learned about social impact business models in her Nonprofit Management Class, and this opened the door to Anti-Na’s mission to give back to the community. 

In the same class, Kristen connected with Yoli, the founder of Cancer Kinship. This non-profit organization empowers cancer patients to face the disease with the help of group support, education, and socialization provided by compassionate volunteers and staff.

Kristen’s mother is a cancer survivor, and survivorship is a topic and advocacy that has long been near and dear to her heart. She has seen firsthand the hardships faced by patients undergoing chemotherapy. 

Her mother was a few months away from retirement when she got her diagnosis, and she was lucky that her accrued time off over the years afforded her the time to undergo treatment. However, Kristen knew other women, such as a neighbor and another close friend, who were diagnosed at thirty and were forced to go to work right after their chemo appointments.

The intense nausea they experienced caused a great deal of discomfort and got in the way of their productivity and everyday life. Unfortunately, the expensive nausea drug prescribed to alleviate chemotherapy symptoms is extremely strong and causes terrible migraines. Many patients choose to endure extreme nausea instead of taking the medication.

This sparked the connection between Kristen’s anti-altitude sickness solution and Anti-Na’s long-term mission and vision. No person should have to be forced to endure such debilitating symptoms while they are expected to be productive at work and socialize with their family and friends. 

What’s more, cancer survivors can experience nausea and fatigue for ten years after their treatments. They deserve affordable, accessible, and all-natural solutions that will not cause any extreme side effects. 

Once Kristen had the first Anti-Na chews in hand, she wasted no time in distributing them to all the women she knew who were suffering from the horrible effects of chemotherapy. And to her delight, the chews helped! 

The Anti-Na pilot chews were not abrasive on their mouths like other hard ginger candies. The patients could take fewer breaks at work and be more productive. Eating became much less of a burden because of the lack of nausea throughout the day. Anti-Na’s lemon-flavored variant helped mask the metallic taste that chemotherapy left on patients’ tongues. 

With this feedback, Kristen happily took on the mission to get Anti-Na into the hands of those who need it the most: women who experience recurring nausea and are still expected to juggle their burdens at work, at home, and in life.