In July 2024, OlaRose Ndubuisi traveled to Imo State, Nigeria for Mezu International Foundation’s annual medical mission, which provides free medical care to those in the community. It was a wonderful experience. For the three days of the medical mission, OlaRose screened 37 kids for scoliosis and conducted IRB-approved research comparing the scoliosis screening results…
On June 29th, 2024 at the Finding Scoliosis Kindly Educational Symposium, Mayor Malik D. Evans proclaimed June as National Scoliosis Awareness Month in the City of Rochester, NY in OlaRose Ndubuisi’s honor. His opening remarks were very inspiring, heartfelt, and OlaRose appreciated Mayor Evans’ support of the event. You can watch a video of his…
17-year-old OlaRose Ndubuisi organized the Finding Scoliosis Kindly Educational Symposium, which was held on Saturday on June 29th from 2pm to 4pm at the Henrietta Public Library. This event was free and open to the general public. The purpose of the event was to raise awareness and educate the community about scoliosis. The Finding Scoliosis…
The first Finding Scoliosis Kindly (FiSK) Club meeting was held on April 25th, 2024 at OlaRose’s high school in Pittsford, New York. OlaRose Ndubuisi created FiSK Club to raise awareness for scoliosis and encourage students to use creative outlets to express themselves. OlaRose appreciates the students who attended the meeting and her English teacher, who…
OlaRose Ndubuisi (17 years old) was announced as the 2024-2025 New York State Youth Poet Laureate at an event last night, April 18, 2024 by Urban Word and Teachers & Writers Collaborative in collaboration with Girls Write Now. OlaRose was selected out of 75 applicants by a panel of judges who are former Poet Laureates…