As the evening rises across the bay, the golden bridges on our faces meet to make a crossing so great...

[Originally published in Synapse on November 12, 1981.] The theme of this year’s American Public Health Association convention was “Energy...

When I first pulled up to the Mothers of Gynecology Park in Montgomery, there were a few cars around, but...

Oops! I did it again – made it through first year of graduate school and landed myself in a lab...

[Originally published in Synapse on Nov. 12, 2009.] Before coming to UCSF, I was a soldier in Operation Iraqi Freedom...

I've captured the essence of an intrinsic part of me. ADHD. My behavior is reckless I'm fun, dangerous

[Originally published in Synapse on November 3, 2011.] The Embarcadero was full of bicycles and bikers on Friday night as...

[Third place Storytelling Contest winner for poetry.] Rhythmic steps on concrete matching the beat of the music thrumming in my...

[Originally published in Synapse on Oct. 25, 2001.] Once again, the year approaches the end of October, which along with...

[Second place Synapse Storytelling Contest winner for poetry.] As I step across the bay, Wond’ring if those golden days Were...

[ Originally published in Synapse on October 22, 1998.] Last week, the country confronted the death of Matthew Shepard, the...

Yesterday It’s a choice to trust and love But God trust in what, whom, when? how to love ? and...

[Originally published in Synapse on October 12, 2000.] Three winners of the Nobel Prize in medicine were announced in Stockholm...

Fables written centuries ago still echo in the present — quietly, powerfully — reminding us of what it means to...

[Originally published in Synapse on Oct. 10, 2017.] New science education standards approved by the State Board of Education will...