Nkechi Amare Diallo, previously known as Rachel Dolezal, who rose to infamy in 2015 for presenting herself as a Black woman despite being Caucasian, revealed she recently underwent surgery for stage 1 melanoma.

According to the Daily Mail, Diallo, 48, took to her Instagram Story last week to share that she underwent the surgery to remove a melanoma and vowed to no longer “lay out in the sun.” She also called it a “tough but grounding reminder of what years of sun (and a childhood in a family that didn’t believe in sunscreen) can do over time.”

The outlet also reports that Diallo turned to a drinkable tanning drop to replace sunbathing.

“They have carotene in them and I know that there’s an old tradition to drink carrot juice and beet juice, and it’s supposed to stimulate your melanin,” she explained, per Daily Mail.

Diallo’s scandal in 2015 saw her removed as a chapter president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People for posing as a Black woman for more than 10 years. She was also fired from her position as a teacher of Africana studies at Eastern Washington University.

Though she struggled to find work given the infamy the scandal brought her, she managed to land a teaching job — however, NBC News reports she was fired from that position in 2024 after her OnlyFans account came to light.

At the time, Julie Farbarik, a spokesperson for Catalina Foothills Unified School District, told the outlet that, “her posts are contrary to our district’s ‘Use of Social Media by District Employees’ policy.”

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