Author page: Sabrina Hossain

Change is inevitable. Change is constant.  Hearing these words rarely makes the experience easier. Understanding that life moves forward does not make it any less difficult to live through life’s transitions.   Like many students at Las Positas College, my time here is…

A sink full of dishes. Clothes spilling out of a hamper. An unmade bed. Unfinished projects. Missing assignments. These are all things that can be found in the living space of someone with ADHD, or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Or at least, that is…

“Why doesn’t she just leave?” This is what we ask victims of abuse when they don’t leave their abuser. It is a question I have (shamefully) asked my loved ones before. And when it happened to me. I found myself in a…

In a culture that often glorifies exhaustion as a badge of honor, success is frequently framed as the reward for pushing ourselves to the brink. Sleep deprivation, skipped meals and relentless productivity are treated as signs of dedication. People boast about late…

Somewhere between political rallies and college curriculums, cruelty became a virtue. Maybe it started when showing basic human decency was deemed “snowflake behavior.” Maybe it trickled down from the president’s podium to the professor’s desk, where the syllabus now doubles as a…

There’s a high chance you know the name Tupac Shakur. If you don’t, you are definitely from another planet. He’s the master behind “California Love,” the song that still dominates every summer playlist. It’s less likely, but entirely possible, that you recognize the…

The call from the pharmacy started routinely, but the condescending tone of the older woman delivering the news rocked my world. She said my prescriptions of Vyvanse, Zoloft and Trazodone would no longer be covered after my 26th birthday the following month.   …