Deborah (De-bow-ruh) is a Medical Student, Writer, and Advocate; a first-generation Nigerian-Canadian with a passion for storytelling.
Although she has dabbled with screenwriting and filmmaking, writing is her true love. She writes poetry and prose and tries to embed a little slice of home within each piece. Her work has been published in Scarborough Fair, The Humming, Savante-Garde, and Untethered Magazines.
She has worked extensively with black youth, empowering them to pursue higher education and S.T.E.M. careers, and continues to advocate for increased diversity in Medicine. She has also worked with community organizations on community health promotion and to raise awareness about the disproportionate effects of breast cancer on black women. She is continuously learning about the social factors that may stand as an obstacle to health access locally and globally and hopes to play a role in developing solutions and policies to address these factors.
Right now, Deborah is completing a Doctor of Medicine Degree at Dalhousie University in Halifax. She is currently exploring how to marry her passions for advocacy, healthcare, and creative writing through the health humanities field. She recently attended & presented at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute’s Exploratory Seminar: Medicine as Theatre; Theatre as Medicine.
You can keep up with Deborah via her Linktree here: https://linktr.ee/DebOcholi
