By Alyssa Dearborn Photo by Tara Polcara If you’re struggling, AnnMarie Otis wants you to think about one existential question: What would the people in your life miss about you? What wouldn’t you get to experience if you weren’t...
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COVER STORY Tafiea Stokes: Float like a butterfly, fight like a girl
By Jamie Jenson Photos by Alice G. Patterson Like most tattoos, the one on Tafiea Stokes’ right wrist tells a story. The zig-zag lines of a heartbeat surround the cursive script that spells out the name of her 3-year-old...
Features, Health
INSPIRE: Katie Flaherty: From Shame to Shine
By Becca Taurisano Photos by Maureen Tricase/Capture Your Moments Katie Flaherty wants to remove the stigma around women’s sexual health and, through her organization, Shine with Courage, she hopes to do just that. A survivor of trauma in...
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WBOC LEADING LADY: Jill Merluzzi Johnstone
By Jamie Jenson Jill Merluzzi Johnstone hadn’t planned on becoming a consultant for Rodan+Fields, the billion-dollar skincare company developed by Drs. Katie Rodan and Kathy Fields, the same dermatologists who developed Proactiv in the 1990s, but once she used...
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WOMEN’S REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH: PrEPare for the holidays
By Dinah Olson, PA-C Happy holidays from Oswego County Opportunity Centers for Reproductive Health! While you are busy planning your holiday season I’d like you to know about another form of preparation that has been gaining momentum. Have...
