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Culminant: Heather in Brooklyn

BY Author Gianni | Posted on | FILED UNDER Categories Brooklyn, Culminant

Heather Evans. Mother of one of my closest friends is a true inspiration to me. She is a beautiful, healthy, strong, single mother of four girls, working hard as an investment banker for one of the world’s top firms.  In many ways, she is what I aspire to be like. I would like to be an investment banker for a firm like Goldman Sachs, happy, completely control of my life and have 4 lovely children.  As I sat down for dinner with the Evans family in Brooklyn, NY, it just amazed me how nice, relaxed, and put together this woman was. And it’s no joke raising four children on your own. Thank you Ms. Evans for the pleasure of meeting and dining in your presence and further inspiring me to pursue my future goals. You are at the highest point.

Nosogeography: Too Many Children in the Bronx Have Asthma

BY Author Lynne Sachs | Posted on | FILED UNDER Categories Bronx, Nosogeography, Places

The Bronx is Choking

I found this free newspaper on the seat of the subway. With  nosogeography (the connection btwn disease and geography) in mind, I couldn’t stop wondering why one borough of this city is punished so much more harshly than another by our environmental condition. In this hard-hitting piece, journalist Gabriele Steinhauser tells us about the disposal of waste in the South Bronx and its horrific effects on the daily lives of adults and children.