Posts in Health & Human Services from 2017

The Process At first, I only knew of Daa as a friendly face, the boy would give me a wide …

Every morning I wake to the sound of goats screaming at each other on the compound. The sound resembles a …

Palliative care is often abridged to ‘end-of-life care’. It’s how the field was first introduced to me. I heard these …

I realized I was going to miss Turrialba Through a haze of mojitos and love. I watched the midwife’s bare …

Ahmedabad is a vibrant city with rich historical significance. On one end, it was the site of Gandhiji’s Sabarmati Ashram …

Our departure from Waddington Street Centre was celebrated just as our arrival: with a quiz. That first round of questioning …

A physician at Beijing Tiantan Hospital once remarked that Chinese people who go abroad often feel very lonely. I thought …

Saturday morning, I woke up dreading the day ahead. I was tired from a week of work and only wanted …

My final day in Costa Rica was marked with many tearful goodbyes and promises of visits and staying in touch. …

When people would ask me what I would be doing in Ecuador, I would have a conversation that looked like …