A personal story.
A broader purpose.
In 2025, during her junior year of college, Gayatri Kaimal's mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. The months that followed were difficult — but her mother received care, was diagnosed early enough to treat, and survived.
Throughout that time, Gayatri kept returning to a quieter question: what happens to the women who don't have the same access? In India, where breast cancer is the most common cancer among women, more than half of cases are diagnosed at a late stage — not because care is unavailable, but because awareness often isn't. The conversation hasn't reached them. The stigma hasn't lifted.
Women's health has always been central to Gayatri's interests. After 2025, it became the thing she felt most called to act on. ROZE was established in 2026 — a US-based foundation focused on awareness and fundraising for breast cancer in India, built around the belief that the diaspora is uniquely positioned to help close that gap.
Alongside co-founder Meredith Marefat, Gayatri built ROZE to do something practical: raise awareness, direct funds to organizations already doing trusted work in India, and keep the conversation going in communities where it matters.
“My mother was lucky. I know that. ROZE exists because luck shouldn't be the deciding factor.”
Gayatri Kaimal · Founder