Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez

A clear medical bias and the stresses of new motherhood, often leaves Black women unsupported on their breastfeeding journeys.

I couldn’t believe the medical system and several of my peers had me obsessing about my food consumption. I was experiencing food shaming during pregnancy.

“It’s about uplifting and empowering women to feel like they can be confident and do anything. Not just dance.”

One way to combat negative outcomes post-election is to raise more inclusive children.

By educating my son on Juneteenth, I am able to make it clear to him that we may live in a nation that wasn’t established with us in mind, but we continue to find freedom anyway.

I don’t know how long it will be before I stop allowing others' fears of sexuality as a black woman from affecting my views on sex.

It's strange to think that at the end of the year I will be the

It’s time we stop teaching shame and start spending more time fostering healthy sexual identities in young girls.