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I’m not going to lie, sometimes I forget that I have/had cancer. That brief moment of bliss and detachment is the hardest part to cope...

It's been 2 months and 1 week since I was forced into emergency surgery. All I have left is one ovary and it's respective fallopian tube...

"I'm a straight shooter," my doctor told me. I knew from then on that what she would say after that sentence would dramatically change my...

We are a week into March, which has been declared as Social Worker Month. I had no idea that there was a whole month dedicated to this...

Content Warning: Sexual assault, rape, suicidal ideation In order to make sense of the whole story, I need to provide some background...

Trigger warning: mental illness and suicidal ideation Being diagnosed with 3 separate mental illnesses has brought me not only closure,...

It all started in high school when I first recognized signs of depression. I had recently left my first ever relationship. At the young...

I remember the day I arrived to Chicago for the first time. I was visiting my future graduate school without realizing I would commit to...

From a young age, I always knew I was different from my family. I figured something was odd about me when one night at age 7, I woke my...

Thank you for bearing witness on my journey towards discovering my passion, defining my purpose, and developing my personal profession. ...