Author: A.C. Brooke
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From Me To You: An Interactive Project Made of Love Letters to Our Younger Selves
From Me To You: An Interactive Project Made of Love Letters to Our Younger Selves Last night, a friend was telling me about how she was at a group meeting recently and they asked everyone to answer two questions: If you could go back and visit yourself at any age… 1. What would that age…
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‘From Millersville To Movie Screen’: Featured By My Alma Mater!
Coming Full Circle With Paper Birds Honored to have been featured today in this piece published by my alma mater, Millersville University of Pennsylvania! Special thanks to Hannah who did a phenomenal job putting this together. Getting to talk about the impact undergrad research has had on me–especially my time spent working on Paper Birds–is…
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Leaning In Instead Of Away: An Insightful Emotional Release
‘You Gotta Feel It To Heal It’ So sometime last week, I was having a weird day at work. Since starting EMDR therapy (an intensive form of trauma treatment) last April, I’ve begun to get more and more in touch with my body and how things physically feel. I think—and this is definitely how I…
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Paper Birds: Placed Out
So this idea has been in my head for a bit now! Finally went to Goodwill last night and put it into action. Being out of school for six months now, I’ve started to reflect more on the past four years. When I look at the list of things that feel important, I’ll admit that…
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Curious & Connected: Learning About the Brain-Body Connection, Together
Are You Looking For Community? Hey guys! I have a really great resource coming that I’m excited to share: Now introducing “Curious & Connected”. Are you looking for community? Join us for Curious & Connected, a virtual support group led by molecular biologist, Mona Easterling, exploring the brain-body connection. Together, we’ll deepen our understanding of…
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Presenting My Film at TCC URSA Retreat
I was absolutely honored to serve as the Plenary Speaker at Tulsa Community College’s (TCC) annual UR retreat this past Friday! A showing of my documentary, Paper Birds, was followed by an interview conducted by Mona Easterling, an assistant professor at TCC and co-cordinatior of undergrad research. There, I talked about my own journey as an undergraduate…
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Mass Casualty Simulation
Mass Casualty Simulation Yesterday, as part of my role of Marketing Director at Lancaster EMS, I got to photograph a mass casualty simulation put on by the PA College of Health Sciences. Our EMT Academy students participated as patients while paramedic students were tasked with triaging and transporting patients, responding to the fictitious scenario—a truck…
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“I’ve Never Been To Iceland”: A Piece of Prose About Living with PTSD In Your 20s
Hey guys! Bit of a depressing prose I wrote last night but I wanted to share (trigger warning for mention of sexual assault). For a really long time I’ve wondered how to capture what life with PTSD is like, more specifically, how it feels to navigate in your 20s. Spoiler alert: it’s kind of rough!…
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