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The Shadow of Sacrifice

13 Feb 2025

by Ashley Martinez    I stared back at her feet in four-inch heels as I lay under my mother’s desk, awakening from my nap. A single mother of three, my mother worked what seemed like all hours of...

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Growing Up Iranian-American

26 May 2024

Sophie Dream, MD, MPH   My father moved to Chicago at a young age.  He and his father had applied for him to get a visa to come to the United States to further his education.  The day my father’...

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The Balance Beam

29 Apr 2022

By Sara Ashai There are days where everything goes wrong, but there are also days where everything goes right. Most days, we sit somewhere in the middle. Our voice stays quiet some days, some days it...