Burnt Out

The year 2020 is truly one for the history books. COVID has dominated our lives, prompting people to work remotely...

Noah writhes in his hospital bed. Largely non-verbal and living with severe intellectual disability, he moans repeatedly in pain as...

This submission won second place in the Synapse Storytelling Contest's personal essay category. I step off the plane into the...

I don’t know when it began, but happened gradually as the first fall quarter unfolded. First, I began by picking...

Five years ago, I was in my third year of pharmacy school in Singapore studying alone for my year end...

In an era of fake news, it’s important to find the facts. This can become more complicated when there are...

Originally published in Synapse on May 25, 2006. Written by Biana Roykh. Spring means graduation here at UCSF, and all...

What are you doing during the COVID-19 isolation order? Our household is busy with homeschooling two school-aged children, along with...

Although challenging, being first-generation serves as an asset. Growing up, it seemed as if loved ones didn’t care so much...