Over the past several months, I have participated in the New Leaders Council (NLC) fellowship. NLC is an organization committed to training the next generation of progressive leaders. As the youngest participant in the fellowship, I was surrounded by lawyers, business owners, city council members, teachers, and other influential figures that really shaped the way […]
This week, I will finally be submitting my medical school application. This month, I wanted to share an excerpt from my personal statement.
….”Witnessing the improvements in my mother’s quality of life due to medicine has allowed me to regard her progress as nothing short of a miracle that I want to become part of sharing. […]
While in Detroit, I have spent quality time mentoring youth in the city! I am always so amazed by their resiliency and intelligence. I have found that many of these kids just need somebody pouring positive energy into their lives. Therefore, I have been teaching a group of children about affirmations and positive thinking. Here are […]
Recently, I became a Certified Personal Trainer. Here are 3 reasons why Detroit high school students inspired me to help the masses get fit and get healthier:
1. 23% of high school students in Detroit are obese (students who were > 95th percentile for body mass index, based on sex and age specific reference data from […]
Recently we finished doing a challenge with The Future Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping youth build their dreams and make them reality. I was so impressed with the amount of talent and passion that the students in The Future Project had. Here are 3 reasons why Detroit needs The Future Project:
1. The youth […]
Earlier this month, the matriarch of my family passed away. My great-grandmother taught me so many lessons. Ironically, one of the poems she wrote applies to the work that still must be done in Detroit. Detroit is a city full of potential, all we have to do is use the people and resources that we […]
Kwanzaa is an African-American Holiday that celebrates family, culture, and community. In 2014, Kwanzaa came just in time for me. It is sometimes exhausting to live in a country that misunderstands and appropriates your culture. It is even more tiring to have to your very existence be regarded as a threat worthy of punishment. I […]
Michael Brown’s name has been ringing in my mind. So have many other names of those whose lives have been ended by violence. They were somebody’s child, friend, lover… My heart strings pull every time I look at my black family members and loved ones. I can only imagine how exhausting it must be to […]
After adjusting to being back in Detroit, I’m extremely happy that I decided to move back.
The people, the food, the experiences… everything about being back home has been so much PEACE. I’ve enjoyed trying new restaurants in the city like Vince’s in Southwest and “They Say” in the E. Jefferson corridor. Getting out and speaking […]
Often times, an internet profile and a picture can make life and adjustments seem seamless and simple. However, that is far from what this adjustment has been for me. Moving back to Detroit could not have come at a more horrible time in my life. With my mother adjusting to a life-altering illness and the […]