February 6, 2025

I often think about what it must have felt like for my great-great-grandmother, Kleomeni Xipolitos, at 19 years old, boarding a ship from Greece, surrounded by strangers, to meet her future husband in a country she had never seen. I think about my great-grandmother, Estafana, and the shame she carried as a young woman who […]

For months, I felt completely off. No matter how much I tried to push through, something wasn’t right. My energy was low, my focus was scattered, and I was relying on caffeine to keep me going—even though I knew it wasn’t helping in the long run. I’ve always lived a fairly healthy lifestyle, but after