Featured Writing

“In Need of Peace”

a poem inspired by my work in the juvenile justice system

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A Former Sad Girl Speaks

In 2016, someone that I grew up with committed suicide. He had actually been one of the few people with whom I’d shared my own mental health struggles.

Realizing how isolating depression is, I hoped that by being more open, I might help even one person feel less alone. I gave this speech at UCLA three months after the funeral.

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My Hidradenitis Suppurativa DIagnosis

Hidradenitis Suppurativa is a chronic auto-inflammatory disease that causes painful lesions in the skin.

It disproportionately affects Black women, but is not widely known about in our community.

It even gets a red squiggly line when I type it on this page!

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