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My name is LaShyra Nolen, but most know me as “Lash”.  I am a future healer, writer, activist, and dual-degree MD/MPP student at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Kennedy School of Government, where I serve as student council president of my medical school class—the first documented Black woman to hold this leadership position. I am also the Founding Executive Director of We Got Us, a community empowerment organization committed to increasing vaccine and healthcare access for marginalized communities. I am a passionate advocate for equity and social justice and see it as my life’s purpose to bring light to the experiences and challenges of those who have been deemed voiceless by our society. I seek to live out this mission through healing, advocacy, writing, and public policy. My work is a small unit of the collective efforts needed to end injustice in our society. So I hope you will join me in this fight for health equity, as we work to create a world where every person has the opportunity to lead a healthy, joyous life. Thank you for visiting and I look forward to working towards justice together.

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