Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez

A Q&A with someone who has first-hand experience with weight loss surgery.

One way to combat negative outcomes post-election is to raise more inclusive children.

A clear medical bias and the stresses of new motherhood, often leaves Black women unsupported on their breastfeeding journeys.

I don’t know how long it will be before I stop allowing others' fears of sexuality as a black woman from affecting my views on sex.

It’s time we stop teaching shame and start spending more time fostering healthy sexual identities in young girls.

We all need our hair done. I can't help but think that my lack of hair resources reminds me that I live in a land that wasn't intended for me.

“It’s about uplifting and empowering women to feel like they can be confident and do anything. Not just dance.”

A quick google search revealed that fibroids are noncancerous uterine growths. They can grow very large, cause extreme pain, and often lead to the removal of the uterus, like they did in my mother's case.

By educating my son on Juneteenth, I am able to make it clear to him that we may live in a nation that wasn’t established with us in mind, but we continue to find freedom anyway.

I couldn’t believe the medical system and several of my peers had me obsessing about my food consumption. I was experiencing food shaming during pregnancy.