The first fight for my independence and to forge my own path came when it was time to make a decision as to which college I should attend. My parents expected me to pick the big school, VTech, where there was hope that I would major in Computer Science, graduate and make lots of money. … Continue reading Accepting that I am a Woman in Tech

When I was pregnant, I felt that my body was betraying me. I thought to myself, I have been through so much in my life, why couldn’t I just have an easy pregnancy? Once I arrived in the U.S. and started my OBgyn visits, it was like every week I was being told something was … Continue reading Broken Body-The Pregnancy Realities

As promised. The majority of the series will be published on my IG/FB page: Kamakwie Princess. After the first hospital visit (Read Shake Shake pt 1 & 2), I was still not better by noon of that very day and decided to go to the hospital I initially wanted to go to. While there they … Continue reading The Night I Shook

I’ve watched a lot of television shows and movies where the ambulance is zooming down the street, but I never experienced this as a sick person. I’ve ridden in an ambulance back in college to take a student to the hospital as a Resident Director, but this was a whole other experience. To paint the … Continue reading Shake Shake Pt.2 -A Pregnancy Story in Sierra Leone