Profiles In Leadership: Dr. Paula O'Neil

Over the course of her career, Dr. Paula O'Neil has been dedicated to excellence in government. Paula has worked for Pasco County, Florida, for more than 30 years, most recently as the elected Pasco County Clerk & Comptroller. With a continual desire to mentor and teach, Paula also serves as an adjunct professor for Saint Leo University in the MBA program. 

Since her diagnosis and treatment for breast cancer in 2013, Paula S. O’Neil, Ph.D., has been committed to an enhanced quality of life as a cancer fighter and survivor, spreading the message of early detection, making a difference, and the importance of life balance.

Paula shares her experience with a cancer diagnosis and the complications cancer fighters may face as they travel the treatment maze in her book "Fighting Cancer Like a Girl". 

www.fightingcancerlikeagirl.com