Nora's Narrative: A Journey Through Words

Over Thanksgiving my grandmother asked me how I can “turn off” posts she was seeing that were related to politics. She complained about not fully understanding those kinds of posts, and it getting in the way of other content she wanted to see. I’m sure you can imagine my grandmother’s…

I remember spending a significant portion of time in college attempting to learn how to do my own nails – and I don’t just mean paint them with nail polish. I was spending hundreds of dollars at the nail salon every few weeks getting acrylic nails (for those not familiar…

On March 5th 2012, Jason Russell released a 30 minute video on YouTube exposing the harsh realities of what was taking place in Uganda and Central Africa by the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army, Joseph Kony. Kony had been abducting children from their households and forcing them to kill…

276 schoolgirls in Nigeria were kidnapped from their dormitory in 2014 by a terrorist group called Boko Haram (Seay, 2021). The hashtag #BringBackOurGirls went viral in a matter of days after protests in Nigeria began to attract national attention. It was thought that the kidnapped girls were going to be…

Welcome to my blog! I am excited to have you here. I am a current first year medical student at Frank H. Netter M.D. School of Medicine, and I am creating this blog as a space to freely share my thoughts on relevant topics, and engage with all of you!…

My grandmother was elated to talk to me after seeing the pictures my mom posted for my 16th birthday. She had been recently diagnosed with cancer and was unable to come to my party due to the harshness of her treatment regime. It broke my heart not having her there…