Have you ever had your rights violated as a breastfeeding woman? Have you ever been told that you cannot breastfeed your baby or cannot pump when you needed to? A recent news story about a breastfeeding mom in California described her experience in online higher...
At the end of 2016, I found myself on a crisp overcast day staring across the Seine at the Eiffel Tower and the surrounding park. I was stretching and about to hit start on my watch for a twelve-mile training run. The day before, I had traveled alone over the...
It is the holiday season. All around us are commercials, advertisements, and decorations promoting “Holiday Cheer!” We are inundated with expectations of joy and happiness on television, radio, and the internet. However, some of us may have a heavy heart...
Dear Reader, Growing up, I never thought I’d be an entrepreneur. I never had a lemonade stand as a kid. I often asked my mom to sell Girl Scout cookies for me by taking my order form to work with her. I certainly wasn’t a kid who enjoyed selling. But somehow...
My professional experience with COVID-19 was that I lost my clinic. I am a pediatrician working in a school-based health center on a high school campus in the South Bronx. When Governor Cuomo and Mayor DeBlasio discussed whether or not to close the public...
I had been looking forward to the day I graduated residency for four years. I could not wait to feel the freedom of being an attending (at least that’s how I thought I would feel!), There were several days/weeks during residency that I was sure I would never make it....
