Though she is passionate about Bench to Community's mission, Teteh said community conversations can sometimes be demoralizing for Black women tired of changing their lifestyles to correct racial disparities in medicine.
"If the message that I can get across to other Black women that are reading this article, it would simply just be: 'I get it. I know you're tired,'" Teteh said. "It's shitty that we have to live in a society that does not protect us." She added, "But at the same time, if we continue to show up as ourselves and we are comfortable in our skin, I think that's good enough."
