[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 175 (Monday, November 14, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1131]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         HONORING ANDREA COHEN

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                        HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, November 14, 2022

  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor a 
remarkable cancer survivor, Mrs. Andrea Cohen.
  Mrs. Andrea Cohen is the daughter of Annie Lee Jones. She is a native 
of Grenada, MS. She is also the wife of Pastor Darien Cohen and the 
amazing mother of three beautiful children--Deshawn Cohen, Shakeeria 
Atkins, and D`Ashley Cohen. She has 4 beautiful grandchildren--Laniah, 
Deshawn Jr. (DJ), Kendall, and Addison.
  Mrs. Cohen is a full-time teacher at the Grenada Lower Elemantary 
School. She has been teaching for over 10 years. Mrs. Cohen loves her 
students dearly and she enjoys teaching them. She goes above and beyond 
to make sure her students learn the material is being taught to them.
  She graduated from the University of Mississippi with a Bachelor of 
Arts in Elementalry Education. She then returned to the University of 
Mississippi and received two master's degrees.
  Mrs. Cohen was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2018. She fought 
through chemo and two years later Mrs. Cohen was cancer free.
  Mrs. Cohen is a living testimony, and she does not mind telling other 
young women what she has gone through and how she fought through her 
dark times.
  Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing Mrs. 
Andrea Cohen for being a light that shines even in her dark times.

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