I have been finding comfort in the oceans recently. A livestream of a reef in Honduras plays constantly on my computer, even when lost in a sea of open tabs. I’ve picked up Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick, Lulu Miller’s Why Fish Don’t Exist, and Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and am enjoying their…
Author: Katherine Yao
Katherine Yao is a second-year MD/MPH candidate at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. She graduated from Yale University in 2023, where she studied English Literature and Biochemistry/Biophysics. Nowadays, Katherine enjoys thinking and writing about aging, caregiving, and spirituality in medicine. She spends her free time outside (ideally in the mountains), hanging with her cat (named Kit), and hosting big potlucks (in a tiny apartment).