Breast cancer survivor Sheryl Crow has signed on to fashion designer Ralph Lauren‘s Pink Pony, a nearly two decade campaign aimed at wiping out cancer.

Crow will be part of a new initiative that began Tuesday called Together in Pink, which involves a group of survivors and their support systems sharing their stories to inspire hope.

Crow, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006, feels it’s important to be vocal about her own experience if there’s a chance it will help others.

“My life changed so dramatically after I had cancer. All the things you think about your life, how you think you have everything in your control, it’s just not true,” she shares in the campaign video. “Even though I would never wish a cancer diagnosis on anyone, what you come away with and what you accrue, the life lessons, the strength, the perspective is invaluable.”