To the Next Young Black Woman Facing Breast Cancer
“I’ve fervently wished to see women who look like me and have lived through this.”
Nadirah is a sociologist of education currently working toward her PhD. When she's not reading, writing, or thinking about race, inequality, culture, and education, she can be found milly-rockin scoopin all the blessings out her lap.
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