As a woman, there are a lot of times where medical professionals talk down your concerns. When I was 16 years old, and I told the doctor about the severe pain I was having in my stomach, I was told there was nothing wrong with me. After two years of the pain, a doctor told […]
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Culturally-specific Economic Empowerment Workshop for Immigrant Women
This quarterly workshop provides information to immigrant women about workers rights in the United States, presents information about the main avenues for obtaining work authorization, provides the basic knowledge of provisions within the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA ) that protect immigrant women who have been or are victims of domestic violence, and provides immigrant […]
Weeding Out My Worries
Last month I started to feel a lump in my throat and immediately worry consumed my mind. I kept my concern to myself for a few days and the lump never seemed to go away. Then I made a mistake in reading my symptoms online which frightened me so much that I started having panic […]