Our Story
Salto Health was created after years of listening to cancer survivors and caregivers describe the parts of cancer that few people really talk about — the life happening throughout the cancer journey, outside the clinic walls.
As a painfully shy child, I never imagined I would one day travel the country talking about…my ovaries. However, as an ovarian cancer survivor, sharing my story has allowed me to witness something incredible: there is so much hope, generosity, and support within the cancer community. It is truly incredible; nevertheless, so many survivors, myself included, are hesitant to ask for help.
And yet, there is strength not only in accepting help when it is offered, but in asking for help when it is needed.
The struggles I kept hearing about were rarely just about treatment itself. They were about everything surrounding it — the endless appointments, pharmacy runs, exhaustion, and constant coordination.
Trying to research products that might actually help. Updating people when you barely have the energy to get through the day. Wanting support, but not wanting to feel like a burden. And for caregivers, trying to hold everything together while quietly running out of energy themselves.
Again and again, I saw that resources often existed, but they weren’t organized, curated, or easy to trust.
And more than anything, I heard from loved ones who desperately wanted to understand how they could better support their friends, family, co-workers and neighbors in a meaningful way.
We created Salto Health to be a supportive and practical place for both survivors and supporters. A place to find trusted resources, practical comfort, and simpler ways to organize support and everyday needs during treatment and recovery — without adding more stress to an already difficult season.
Shannon Miller
Founder & CEO
Shannon Miller is a seven time Olympic medalist. Her tally of five medals (2 silver, 3 bronze) at the 1992 Olympics was the most medals won by a US athlete in any sport. At the ’96 Games, she led the “Magnificent Seven” to the US Women’s first ever Team Gold and for the first time for any American gymnast, she captured Gold on the Balance Beam.
After retiring from Olympic competition, Shannon received her undergraduate degrees in marketing and entrepreneurship from the University of Houston and her law degree from Boston College.
In 2011, Shannon was diagnosed with a rare form of ovarian cancer. The baseball sized tumor was removed, and she followed up with an aggressive chemotherapy regimen. Shannon is currently cancer-free and continues to be a strong advocate for early detection, awareness, research and survivorship.
What does "Salto" mean?
It's certainly a nod to my days in gymnastics.
The name Salto comes from the word somersault — a turning point, a shift, a moment where life suddenly flips in a direction you never expected.
Cancer often feels that way. One conversation, one diagnosis, one phone call, and life changes completely.
But a somersault is also movement. It is the act of finding your footing again, even when everything feels upside down. Salto Health was created to support people through those disorienting seasons with practical help, trusted resources, and easier ways to navigate the everyday realities of survivorship and caregiving.
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