Yehnara Ettinoffe

Yehnara Ettinoffe is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Maryland. Before commencing her graduate studies, she completed a bachelor’s degree in Biology at Morgan State University. Since then, she has been heavily involved in research, teaching and mentoring students wanting to pursue careers in STEM. Yehnara chose to serve as the president of The National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) because of her dedication to assisting people of color in realizing their full potential. Having grown up in a small Caribbean household in Dominica, Yehnara takes pride in her relationships with her friends and family. She is a firm believer that self-care is important and devotes time to creating cost-effective beauty hacks. Yehnara brings her talent and insight to Team Focus on Her.
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New Year

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The gym industry profits largely off our desire for a fresh start… that rush of hope, energy, and determination we feel between December 31st and January 5th every year. The fact of the matter is...
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Mental Health

Silencing the Negative Self Talk – Part 2

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A critical internal voice can be your worst enemy. Let that sink in for a second. In my previous post, I shed some light on how our internal voice is influenced by external voices during...
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Silencing the Negative Self Talk – Part 1

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I am a firm believer that your external voices during your formative years, become your permanent internal voice, so dependent on whether you were surrounded by encouragement and peace or anxiety and insults as a...
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Career

Responsibility vs Relationship

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This is going to be short and sweet. It’s just a thought that attacked me a few days ago and hasn’t let me go since. I speak to my parents every single day, and when...
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Focus

Redefining

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Words have power, sometimes destructive power, but none of this power is inherent. Let’s restate this as “words have the power we give them.” For generations, certain words have been used against us. Words like selfish,...
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Healing from Depression – Part 2

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Jump to: 1:10 min for medical treatment 2:48 min for 10 practical steps on healing from depression 11:22 min for the prayer For counseling and other resources, visit...

Dangerously Different

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It doesn’t take more than a quick Google search to find out that hypothyroidism and weight loss do not normally go together. But they...

National Folic Acid Awareness Week

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  Every year, the first week in January is recognized as National Folic Acid Awareness Week – a part of National Birth Defects Prevention Month....

10 Tips to Keep the Pandemic from Outing your Travel Adventure Flame

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The pandemic has changed our lives in so many ways, especially travel and adventure. Buying a ticket and planning to spend some days in...

Could You Walk a Mile in Her Shoes?

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This reflection was submitted to the Global Health Diaries following a medical trip to Uganda sponsored by the University of Vermont Robert Larner M.D. College of Medicine and the Western Connecticut Health Network. This was published in the Global Health eMagazine March 2020 edition.
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