Born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria, Rosemary immigrated to the United States at age sixteen. Throughout her life, she has faced significant challenges including childhood sexual abuse, the emotional struggles of immigration, sexism, and racism navigating the world as a Black woman.
In her memoir, Out of the Cocoon: The Journey to Becoming, Rosemary uses her personal experience and her education (she has a psychology degree and a medical degree) to share insights on how to move from wounded to healed, from trauma to growth. Her prose and poetry express how the past does not have to define your future, and healing is possible even after trauma.
Rosemary's story is one of resilience and transformation. She hopes to encourage women who have experienced abuse, trauma, or adversity to recognize that they are more than what happened to them and that there is a better way of living after trauma.
Out of the Cocoon: The Journey to Becoming is available for sale on Amazon.
About the Author:
Rosemary Esehagu was born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria. She immigrated to Bronx, New York City, at age sixteen. She earned her Bachelor of Arts at the prestigious Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, with a major in psychology and a concentration in neuroscience. She then went on to earn her Doctor of Medicine degree.
While she has always valued storytelling, she used to think practicing medicine was the best way to help people. As she has come into herself, embracing her past and all the facets of her, she is passionate about rekindling her love of storytelling, of inspiring the mind, because the mind is the source of who we are and how we are. Writing allows her to reach the mind, to heal the heart, and to put a soothing balm on the soul.
Her topics of interests are intersections of identity, gender, society, trauma, and healing. She is a devout Christian, a feminist, an intersex advocate, a mental health advocate, a survivor, and an amateur dancer, among other things.
To learn more, visit RosemaryEsehagu.com
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