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4 days ago
9 min

I'm Sick of Whipped Cream

I would tear up, lower myself to the ground, and hug myself — desperately grasping to root myself back in reality.

Nov 8
5 min

We are MENASA in STEM. We Belong.

In more extreme cases, education has kept many South Asian women from being married off.

Oct 26
8 min

COVID-19: A Force Multiplier for Poverty and Homelessness?

In a way, the COVID-19 pandemic is making homelessness more visible—forcing people out of shelters and causing them to opt to sleep outside.

Oct 24
9 min

Growing Seeds in Concrete: The Case for Tiny States

The institutional rigidity of America, and frankly, much of the world, is the concrete. New ideas and paradigms are the greenery.

Oct 20
6 min

The Great Retreat

I had just opened an envelope containing the 2016 renewal notice for our flood insurance. The premium was over $4,000.

Oct 11
6 min

Science Communication Is My Springboard

I was faced with a difficult decision; continue taking chemistry courses and compromise my athletic season or switch my major.

Oct 11
6 min

The Three Versions of Me During COVID-19

One small caveat exists: I am a microbiologist who deals with infectious material for a living.

Oct 1
12 min

Hong Kong's Premier Science Communicator Is Not Doing an Autopsy of Her City

Those were simpler times though, and now people trust her to the point that they want more from her than just science.

Sep 21
10 min

And There Was No Village

In the weeks before, the village I was promised that came with bearing and raising a child was destroyed.

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I'm Sick of Whipped Cream

We are MENASA in STEM. We Belong.

COVID-19: A Force Multiplier for Poverty and Homelessness?

Growing Seeds in Concrete: The Case for Tiny States

The Great Retreat

Science Communication Is My Springboard

The Three Versions of Me During COVID-19

Hong Kong's Premier Science Communicator Is Not Doing an Autopsy of Her City

And There Was No Village

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