Author: Karen Chong

Karen Chong Karen Chong (1 Posts)

Contributing Writer

University of Rochester School of Medicine


Karen grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, studied Molecular Environmental Biology with a Theater minor in Berkeley, and worked for a few years in SF before bursting the California bubble for the snowy landscape and collegial medical school of Rochester, NY. She enjoys snuggling animals, trying to conquer her fear of heights in the great outdoors, and empowering women.




Reproductive Rights Reflection

She doesn’t know that, just on the other side of the door, there is a beautiful room filled with the smell of eucalyptus, sounds of water trickling and dimmed lighting dedicated to putting her mind at rest. That next to that is a room full of grateful and relieved women looking forward to the rest of their lives.

Karen Chong Karen Chong (1 Posts)

Contributing Writer

University of Rochester School of Medicine


Karen grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, studied Molecular Environmental Biology with a Theater minor in Berkeley, and worked for a few years in SF before bursting the California bubble for the snowy landscape and collegial medical school of Rochester, NY. She enjoys snuggling animals, trying to conquer her fear of heights in the great outdoors, and empowering women.