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in InterviewsHow To Set Boundaries As A Black Millennial
Danielle and I are sitting in a small vegan cafe in Queens. We are attempting to be adventurous in our meal choices. We decide that we are going to try a whole vegan meal – from drinks to our main course and dessert. Before we dive into the interview, we chat about our families, adulting, […] More
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Why Black Men Need to Speak Up About Their Health
Wadnes Castelly is making big waves within the media industry as a Client Solutions Partner at Spotify. We met and bonded over repping Haiti big during our internship program… (shout out to the T. Howard Foundation!) We met up on a very chilly winter day in midtown Manhattan. Wadnes was kind enough to travel from […] More
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How Black Millennials Are Reimagining The Health Of Their Communities
This interview was recorded in November 2018. Bianca Duah is Staten Island’s finest. Point Blank Period. Hailing from Park Hill, Staten Island (Wu-Tang Clan stand up!), Bianca was one of the first people I met during admitted students day at Brown University. We bonded over our love for being Black girls who love a good […] More
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Why Black Millennials Are Going Beyond Bath Bombs For Self Care
This interview was recorded in January 2019. Walking into Stumptown Roasters, Andrea sips on a drink and delicately pulls apart her croissant while discussing her outfit. Her brightly colored orange sweater needed a pop (a little something! A je ne sais quois!) to make the outfit work so she placed a similarly colored turtleneck underneath […] More
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How To Survive As The ‘Only One’ In The Office
Dakotah is your future CEO, hedge fund manager, influencer, model…y’all get the picture. He’s dope and you should get to know him. Dakotah and I met during freshman year while moving into our dorms (we lived on the same floor!). Once I met Dakotah, I knew I was either looking at the future CEO of […] More
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Applying to Graduate School? You Don’t Have To Sacrifice Your Blackness or Your Health
Hannah is the personal project queen. While For Black Health was simply a sketch, Hannah dropped her natural hair blog, Quirk Queen, while in college. She has since moved on to her next big project, Awks Podcast, with her cousin, Bianca Duah. In 2016, Hannah graduated from Brown University with a degree in Science and […] More
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Yes, There Are Black Scientists in America..
If you need someone to give you some tough love sprinkled with respect and compassion, look no further than David Johnson. David and I went to Brown University together and our friendship popped off from the moment we were assigned as Minority Peer Counselors (friendly RA combined with social justice warrior) on the same floor. […] More
