a journey of transformation
December 16-17, 2014 Besides the obvious requirement of getting married within 90 days, part of the K1 visa also requires you file for the Adjustment of Status (AOS) within that same period of time. After that, you’re good until the bureaucracy decides to get around to your application and grant you, first, an employment authorization, and then…
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Today I had to run an errand for my boss and drop off some materials at the New York Academy of Medicine. After leaving I ran into the statue of J. Marion Sims in Central park. This is a doctor who’s heralded as the pioneer of modern surgery, rising to fame only after discovering a…
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But Henrietta’s cells weren’t merely surviving, they were growing with mythological intensity. By the next morning they’d doubled.
-Rebecca Skloot
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks was an INCREDIBLE book—everyone needs to read it, especially to understand just how entrenched medical racism is in this society.
like black butterflies 