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April Nineteenth Two Thousand Eleven

Hiroko Nishimura · April 19, 2018December 23, 2021

When I first came to, it was as though I was floating up to the surface of a pool. I felt weightless, slowly being pulled up into the world of the living from the soundless depths of water. I wanted to go back. It was so peaceful down there. So dark and peaceful. Here… Here was …

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Behind the “Picture-Perfect”

Hiroko Nishimura · April 11, 2018July 22, 2020

My tongue is swollen, and I have the constant malaise of a tongue too big for the month. I keep on biting it around the edges, and it’s difficult to speak. It’s a side effect of the chemo pills I take for Rheumatoid Arthritis – the Methotrexate. I take folic acid pills for this issue, …

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New Year’s Reflection: Slow Down

Hiroko Nishimura · January 1, 2018July 24, 2020

Living in the chaos that is New York City, breathing the cold, dry winter air, and tumbling around on the subway in rush hour with millions of others, it is often jarring to come to a sudden stop, look around, and realize where I am. What am I doing? Where am I going in such …

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Baby’s First Ever #Hackathon!

Hiroko Nishimura · November 2, 2017July 22, 2020

October was a rush and a blur. I did many things in the past month, but as the title suggests, one of the biggest “wins” was that I participated in my first ever Hackathon! (As a matter of fact, I participated in TWO!) I have also been working on the #100DaysOfCode Challenge, along with beginning my #3090FitnessChallenge …

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On Accepting my Mortality at 22 – #AVMAwareness

Hiroko Nishimura · October 8, 2017July 22, 2020

With my diagnosis of harboring “ticking time bombs” in my brain at the age of 22, technically, little had changed. And yet, somehow, everything had changed. I was diagnosed with a vascular disorder in my brain a month after my 22nd birthday. After a Grand Mal Seizure which sent me to the Emergency Room, a …

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TechInclusion 2017: My First Tech Conference

Hiroko Nishimura · September 20, 2017July 22, 2020

In early August, I had the privilege of being sponsored by Diversability to attend and report on TechInclusion, which is an international Tech Conference focused on improving Diversity and Inclusion in the Tech Industry. This was my very first (non-anime; hah) convention, and I was pretty nervous. I only found out about the conference few …

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Being an Obliger: Rules, Habits, and Routines

Hiroko Nishimura · July 14, 2017August 2, 2020

Which “Four Tendency” personality trait are YOU? And how can you use your personality traits to help you live an easier life?

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Organizing with Brain Injury

Hiroko Nishimura · August 28, 2016July 22, 2020

I used to be that student who started an assignment at 12AM the night before it was due, finished it at some wee hour of dawn, and submitted it to more or less make an A. Once my brain was snipped at and poked around a bit, that part of me was no more. I …

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Why I Run

Hiroko Nishimura · April 20, 2016July 22, 2020

I have never been a “natural athlete.” I have never had talents for the athletics, and I trip over air periodically. Knowing this (I guess I was always a slow slothy child), my parents put me through vigorous athletic childhood. I swam for 10 years (2 to 12 years old), and played tennis for almost …

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Our March for Brain Injury Awareness

Hiroko Nishimura · March 4, 2016July 22, 2020

This year’s hashtag/motto for Brain Injury Association of America‘s Brain Injury Awareness Month is #NotAloneInBrainInjury. The campaign for 2016~2017 is “Not Alone“: The Not Alone campaign provides a platform for educating the general public about the incidence of brain injury and the needs of people with brain injuries and their families. The campaign also lends itself …