Just Your Average Black Woman Going Through Life
Recently, the New York State Attorney General Letitia James concluded that People of color in the state are less likely to own a home, more likely to be denied a mortgage, and face a higher borrowing cost. With this comes a large racial wealth gap because real estate is a great investment that leads…
When I was in college, I was involved in my school’s Women’s Center and during this time we had a contract with a local Domestic and Sexual Violence organization. From this collaboration, I learned so much about this ongoing issue and its prevalence amongst young people even on college campuses. For the years I…
On this day August 28th, 60 years ago was the March on Washington for jobs and freedom. At that time Black Americans was fighting against racist laws that prevented them from obtaining jobs, the right to freely attend all colleges and universities, and the right to vote among other things. So, here we are…
As an Occupational Therapist I work with many children with different limitations including fine motor, gross motor, visual motor, and visual perceptual skills among other areas. The definition of these skills are as follows: All of this is to say that having average skill in these areas is the foundation to academic success…
In the U.S. there are approximately 18% of Black women and girls going missing and compared to the general number of us who make up the population this is a very large amount. There have been many cases that have gotten national attention over the years when women and kids go missing, but many…
It is now college graduation season and I want to congratulate all those who have made it through to the end. Going to college is a beautiful thing if it’s your choice to go, so you deserve all the respect for going on the journey. But the way my student loans are set up…
The month of April is now coming to an end, and, on the 4th, it marked 55 years since Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated for helping to fight against racial inequality in America. We have seen some change, but here we are 55 whole years later and there’s still so much to do…
It is now April, and it is Occupational Therapy (OT) and Autism Awareness Month which are two things dear to my everyday life. Growing up I had no knowledge of this field and didn’t learn of it until I was a sophomore in college, and it was one of the best decisions I could…