TW: Death, suicide, mass shootings, police brutality, human trafficking I’m tired of this pandemic. It’s been a tough and long year. And I’ve been blessed. I’ve been safe, securely housed, fed, I have student loans, so I’m not struggling financially, and I’m vaccinated. And yet, I am so drained. I’m…

TW: Su*c*de, institutional violence Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), founded in the nineteenth century, are well-known for empowering students to become leaders and change agents. Since these schools are critical to the advancement of Black people in America, many students are too afraid to critique these schools. I am…

Medical school during a pandemic has been a pretty challenging task. …

If I die tomorrow at the hands of the police I know what they will say The media will portray me as a thug And justify why I was slain They won’t have a story About the impact, I wanted to make They’ll gloss over all my accomplishments But WILL…

8 weeks ago, I found out that I was accepted into Medical school. I became overfilled with joy until I began to think about the context of my medical school acceptance. I not only got accepted into medical school in the midst of a global pandemic that is disproportionally affecting…

I was born in Ethiopia. I am an Ethiopian immigrant. I am an Ethiopian American. I am Black. These are my identities. Growing up, my parents would tell me: “You are not Black, you’re Ethiopian.” While this may be partially true, in America, I am undoubtedly Black. If you disagree…

I work in Mental Health in a predominantly white institution. This is the email that I sent to my colleagues to get a discussion started. Sending this email was not easy, but we should all confront our white-dominated spaces and fight for racial justice, especially if you are in healthcare…