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by Jess Downey | May 9, 2023 | Her Story, Share
At 18, less than a year after moving from Haiti to New Jersey, Anne Forestin was in a terrifying car accident that nearly took her life. Now, 5 years later, she is a nurse at the same hospital that saved her.
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With her debut novel, The Other Side of the Tracks, recently published, 27-year-old Charity Alyse is riding high. But her journey to becoming a published author was paved with rejections that started when she was 5 years old. Here’s how she used her voice and her words to launch her career as an author.
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by Jess Downey | Dec 27, 2022 | Her Story, Share
New Jersey First Lady Tammy Murphy is leading the charge to combat the state’s maternal and infant mortality problem. Her efforts are creating a road map as other states look to address this complicated and important crisis in America.
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by Tish Hamilton | Oct 12, 2022 | Share
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