Allison Rosen learns how to swing dance with Levoun Ohan during a class at the club Wild West, Friday, August 9, 2019. Allison Rosen is a colorectal cancer survivor. She was diagnosed at 31 and has endured multiple surgeries, radiation therapy and chemo in the last seven years. She has a permanent ileostomy after almost dying from septicemia. But nothing is holding her back. She's an active volunteer at MD Anderson and still studies science for the Baylor College of Medicine.