New year, new things. 2023 is the year that I finally made my dream come alive to start this virtual platform. This month, I created the introductory newsletter and planted a transformative seed of something that I hope blooms and bears fruit for us all.

This month, we collectively celebrate Black History Month and delve into the concept of “radical empathy”, coined by brilliant author Isabel Wilkerson. I also discuss how this concept deeply influenced my own journey as a racial health equity activist.

March’s newsletter explores the concept of self-compassion and how it is vital to all our readers that champion health equity everyday. How is self-compassion related to those who professionally caretake and also to the goals of health equity? Click below to find out more…

April’s newsletter explores the power of friendship and how the journey to “find your people” is essential to weather the inevitable challenges of equity work.

This month we pause to celebrate motherhood in all its beautiful and complicated manifestations. We delve into the equity of motherhood with thoughts on how to fully support all mothers with the raising of our future generation.

How do we empower ALL kids to be seen and feel heard in the reality of a busy, outpatient clinic serving the multifaceted needs of marginalized communities? This month, I answer this specific question in depth with real time examples.

In this newsletter, we discuss my personal experience with “making space” for both patient and physician to be their authentic selves in the clinical space. This is a topic that I come across weekly in my clinical practice and one of the most important things I teach doctors in training.

This month, we celebrate National Latino Physician Day, shining light on the disparity of Latinx physicians in the US. We celebrate the contributions of current and aspiring Latinx physicians whose linguistic and cultural concordance skills are critical to medically care for this growing community.

What is the responsibility of our major institutions in society, like Medicine, to speak out and against the human right injustices that we see around us? Does it matter whether these injustices happen in our backyard or across an ocean in a land we have never set foot upon? My thoughts on these questions in this month’s newsletter.