Author: Ashlee

Ashlee Wisdom is a graduate of Howard University, where she received a B.S. in Psychology and minor in Biology. In her free time, she likes to hide in quaint coffee shops in Harlem doing nerdy stuff. She’s an avid reader, writer, and bruncher, and she’s most passionate about her faith in Jesus Christ, Black feminism, and combating racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in healthcare. Ashlee is currently pursuing her Masters in Public Health Policy at NYU. You can follow her @AshleeWisdom.

Pursuing Holiness & Wholeness: Embracing My Testimony

Some time ago I wrote a piece on celibacy, and I talked about how I put myself on a pedestal for being able to check off on a list of things that I believed made me an ideal Christian woman. I had this idealized vision of who I was, and who I was supposed to […]

The Quandary of an Answered Prayer

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the importance of being prepared for what I claim to want. Because I believe one of the most tragic things that can happen in a person’s life is praying and hoping for something, receiving it, and not being ready for it. It’s honestly one of my biggest fears, […]