With many popular fitness challenges trending, like the 12-3-30 or 75 hard, it’s easy to feel like you’re not doing enough to take control of your health. It’s important to have both a healthy relationship with exercise and to stay active. Exercise should be a…
Hi everyone! I’m Lilly, the newest peer advisor at the Center for Young Women’s Health, and I’m super excited about this position. I’m 17 years old, a junior in high school, and I love science. I’ve always been very interested in math, but after taking…
The Gashte Ershad, also known as the morality police, enforces Iran’s hijab laws, which require all women over the age of nine to cover their hair with a hijab and hide their figure by wearing loose-fitting clothes. On Sept. 13, a 22- year old…
Hi everyone! My name is Yalda and I am a new peer advisor at the Center for Young Women’s Health! I am 17 years old, and I will be a senior in high school in the fall. When I took Chemistry for the first time…
Dear Future Me, As you may (or may not) remember, I am writing this letter to you from the past. A time when I don’t think I’ve ever been this sleep-deprived in my entire life. I’m not being dramatic. I have gotten five hours of…
Hi future Amanda, Let’s set the scene. You just turned 18. You got those blonde highlights for the Harry Styles concert that are way blonder than the rest of your head. You still go to private school, but you are currently applying out to college….
Hi everyone! My name is Nia, and I am 17 years old. I am a rising senior in high school. So far in my high school career, my favorite classes have been both Chemistry and Anatomy & Physiology. Science courses are my favorite because they…
Hello everyone! My name is Amanda and I am 17 years old. I am a rising senior and my favorite classes are biology and chemistry; I love science and being able to explore the world and how it works! I am one of the captains…
Goodbye! Unfortunately, the time for me to move on from the Center for Young Women’s Health has come. In the fall, I will be going to Duke University in North Carolina. I plan to study Global Health and Psychology on the pre-med track. I am…
Hello everybody! Soon I’ll be leaving Teenspeak as well as the Center for Young Women’s Health. Unfortunately, time has passed and I’m going to be moving on to college and beyond. I’m going to be going to the University of California: San Diego, about 3000…