The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Community Asthma Prevention Program (CAPP+) was launched in 2018. Its mission: Improve the health and overall well-being of the one in four children in West Philadelphia i diagnosed with the condition.It does this by making…
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Ideas we should steal — from thephiladelphiacitizen
It’s mind-blowing that the federal minimum wage is STILL $7.25/hour. This article I wrote for The Philadelphia Citizen talks about a program using government funds to help small businesses pay their employees a higher hourly wage. Your thoughts?
Have you watched Abbott Elementary yet?
Abbott Elementary is a funny, thoughtful sitcom about the teachers and students (and a fabulous principal and a scene-stealing janitor) teaching and learning in a Philadelphia public school and the challenges they face. It just wrapped its second season and…
Generation Change and a health care program that’s working
Generation Change is a partnership between The Philadelphia Citizen and Keepers of the Commons to highlight and bring together future leaders in the city. In this piece, I write about Dr. Shreya Kangovi and IMPact, the Community Health Worker program…
The Philadelphia Citizen
The Philadelphia Citizen is a web-only publication that focuses on solutions journalism. I started writing for them about a year ago and every story is interesting and important. (Seriously.) I thought I’d finally share: First up, this one about the…
For GoodRX: What I eat as a chemo patient
Chemotherapy can change the way foods taste or smell, and stimulate an appetite or suppress it. (It’s a misconception that people receiving chemotherapy lose weight. Some do; some don’t.) Favorite foods can become repulsive, enjoyable smells can be intolerable, and…
The new definition of WFH
A year ago I wrote this Philadelphia Inquirer article about how working from home now means working from a coffee shop, a park bench, even the cafeteria at Ikea and it’s still relevant today.
For GoodRX: What Insomnia Feels Like: 3 People Share What Gets Them to Sleep
We’ve all had those nights, when no matter how tired we are, sleep doesn’t come. Here’s my article on the subject.
All the Single Ladies
Check out my cover story for New Jersey Super Lawyers. It’s about five women and their solo law practices. As one notes, “I do a lotta bit of everything.” The link above is to the cover. This link is to…
GoodRX patient profiles – in this post: Living with dyslexia and ADHD and Living with depression.
One of my newer gigs: Writing patient profiles for GoodRX. Why do I enjoy these stories? Because I get to talk to someone about something that’s very personal and important to them. It’s an honor to share their stories. Here…