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

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...

Silencing the Negative Self Talk – Part 2

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...

Silencing the Negative Self Talk – Part 1

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...

Responsibility vs Relationship

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...

Redefining

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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