<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Beyond the Chart UCLA]]></title><description><![CDATA[Beyond the Chart UCLA]]></description><link>https://beyondthechartucla.wixsite.com/btcucla/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 06:38:33 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://beyondthechartucla.wixsite.com/btcucla/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Between the Heartbeats]]></title><description><![CDATA["It used to be part of my identity. Now it’s just a part of my story." Joseph didn’t hesitate when he said this. There’s a kind of quiet strength in the way he talks about his experiences, with tones of candor and resilience.  Many kids grow up knowing what they want to do with their lives, and for Joseph, that was soccer. Committing to college for this sport that he loved had always been the plan. Practices after school for hours each day. Training sessions right after. Weekend games. 15-20...]]></description><link>https://beyondthechartucla.wixsite.com/btcucla/post/between-the-heartbeats</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a36eddc98bf123ab4b4ee64</guid><category><![CDATA[Becoming Anew]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 19:46:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4d9320_7d83fd3282ac45a7b5f2d0214fd956c8~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ajandini Srirajan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diving Into Uncertain Waters]]></title><description><![CDATA[I try to calm my racing heart as I push through the breaking waves of the San Francisco Bay. The ocean is more rough than the forecast predicted and each breath I take is full of fishy saltwater. I begin to choke and flail my arms, feeling the increasing weight of my tired limbs as the shore of San Francisco shrinks away.  As a cold fear began to grip my arms, I heard, “Lilli! How fun is this, these waves are gnarly!” Dave Yacubian is calling out to me while calmly backstroking through the...]]></description><link>https://beyondthechartucla.wixsite.com/btcucla/post/diving-into-uncertain-waters</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a36ed9591a8121cb984c7bd</guid><category><![CDATA[Becoming Anew]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 19:44:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4d9320_66deb883a94e4ce0959ce474c8fee48d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lilli Means</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Clock That Stopped Keeping Time]]></title><description><![CDATA[1 a.m. - Las Vegas, Nevada (Present day)  Las Vegas: the city that never sleeps. And that may as well be true for Summer Hsia, after he lies awake in bed restless trying to catch some sleep. Hsia, a retired physician in Taiwan, is a man in his 80s with a calm demeanor and a steady tone of voice. He immigrated to the United States with his wife 10 years ago after obtaining citizenship. He traveled back and forth between Taiwan and Las Vegas, where his two daughters lived for years. He now...]]></description><link>https://beyondthechartucla.wixsite.com/btcucla/post/the-clock-that-stopped-keeping-time</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a36ed30a8977cb11dd661db</guid><category><![CDATA[Becoming Anew]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 19:43:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4d9320_5e8ec7d613cc43e7838b5d9180721805~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Serene Chau</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shattered Spirit]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the Book of Job from the Bible, a righteous and faithful man named Job is attacked by Satan, causing immense suffering, from the death of his children, to the loss of his property, to painful sores on the skin all over his body.  Throughout the book, Job wrestles with the decision that God made: how can a good God allow such horrible things to happen? Eric, a student in the UCLA Asian American Christian Fellowship, likens his experience managing eczema to that of Job. Eric has found that...]]></description><link>https://beyondthechartucla.wixsite.com/btcucla/post/shattered-spirit</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a36eccb91a8121cb984c605</guid><category><![CDATA[Becoming Anew]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 19:41:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4d9320_49dac9f2adfc4fcfb18b2395158964a8~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nathanael Irawan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bloodlines]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marlene began her year with a vision board. She turned to her faith and asked, “Lord, what do you have for me this year?” The answers she received, guided by her scriptures, pointed to something big.  At the age of 53, Marlene was diagnosed with endometrial cancer and informed that she needed to have surgery immediately. Though she had just received a potentially life-altering diagnosis, her first thought was, “How do I tell my family?” Like Marlene, her mother had felt that something big was...]]></description><link>https://beyondthechartucla.wixsite.com/btcucla/post/bloodlines</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a36412abfacb36e35412757</guid><category><![CDATA[The Love We Carry]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 19:36:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4d9320_03aca72591bb4153b7c423be20274538~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Adria Hayward</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mothers' Hands, Daughters' Heart]]></title><description><![CDATA[“I just wanted her to keep her dignity.”  is a gentle phrase that Lisa Marie Zozaya-Martinez, 59, used to summarize the nine years she spent caring for her late mother. Committing to caring for a terminally ill family member can be an extremely difficult decision, with jobs, children, and finances as factors. As painful as it is, life does not miraculously yield to the needs of loved ones. Illness does not discriminate nor care who it inconveniences.  Lisa’s decision to care for her mother at...]]></description><link>https://beyondthechartucla.wixsite.com/btcucla/post/mothers-hands-daughters-heart</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a36430fbfacb36e35412bd2</guid><category><![CDATA[The Love We Carry]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 19:36:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4d9320_81c90d19987a4b419f7a736b382cf270~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jada Guzman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Anatomy of Motherhood]]></title><description><![CDATA[“It was just a lump,” she recalled. “Like I wasn't hurting or anything, I didn't want to feel like I was sick.” Fumi Nakano thought the lump in her breast was harmless—at least that is what the doctor told her. She had always been wary of cancer after her mother passed away from ovarian cancer, but the doctor’s words provided enough reassurance for Fumi to continue living her life as normal.  Less than a year later, the newlywed received her breast cancer diagnosis; only now, she was...]]></description><link>https://beyondthechartucla.wixsite.com/btcucla/post/an-anatomy-of-motherhood</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a36404fbfacb36e3541254b</guid><category><![CDATA[The Love We Carry]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 19:36:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4d9320_2c56aca6fe014eb5a8a509909f4e5ff1~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Eva Ouyang</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Across the Distance]]></title><description><![CDATA[It’s a simple night in Beijing, China. I am soundly asleep, while my mom remains awake, lit by the pale glow of her laptop, typing through the quiet to keep pace with a workday happening thousands of miles away. All of a sudden, she hears my grandmother calling out from the next room. “Wei? Wei?” My grandmother isn’t asking for water or medicine. She’s only seeking reassurance that someone is still there. So, Mom briefly closes her laptop, and softly answers, “I’m here, Mama. 睡吧.” Sleep well....]]></description><link>https://beyondthechartucla.wixsite.com/btcucla/post/across-the-distance</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a36469fa8977cb11dd4c0c5</guid><category><![CDATA[The Love We Carry]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 19:36:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4d9320_8930a7d189324cb0bc925b56de365ccd~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Emily Luo</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't Skip a Dose]]></title><description><![CDATA[Migraine. It is a word often synonymously associated with headaches - but worse. However, this framing can lead to widespread dismissal of a condition that, for many individuals, causes chronic pain that can be debilitating across many aspects of their life.  Jenni Mandelblatt, my aunt and dinner buddy for tonight, describes her chronic migraines not only as causing intense head pain, but causing pain in her eyes, stomach, and overall body. For her, a migraine can last as long as four to five...]]></description><link>https://beyondthechartucla.wixsite.com/btcucla/post/don-t-skip-a-dose</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a36e7de98bf123ab4b4e0d5</guid><category><![CDATA[Toward Tomorrow]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 19:36:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4d9320_f2b0f9187b20482e8a66573b68e26611~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Alaya Egen</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fighting the Fight]]></title><description><![CDATA[Changes to our body can sometimes be too latent to prompt instant action, yet enough to create a hunch that something is not right. For Gary, it wasn’t until an interaction at 24-Hour Fitness with a gentleman who had Parkinson’s Disease that he finally decided to pursue diagnostic assessment:  “He said, I watch you. I watch how you walk and how you act and how your body works. And because your left arm never moves when you walk… I don’t know how to say this to you, but you might want to get...]]></description><link>https://beyondthechartucla.wixsite.com/btcucla/post/fighting-the-fight</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a364caba8977cb11dd4ce8c</guid><category><![CDATA[Toward Tomorrow]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 19:36:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4d9320_ec92e41c90ae4ea4a8eca3d6c3272af1~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Crawford Sly</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[An (Extra)Ordinary Illness]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the hectic lives of college students, exacerbated by the quarter system, unnecessary interruptions are, at best, framed as minor inconveniences. The experience of having a common cold, one of these minor inconveniences, gives us a window into how college students, and subsequently working adults, prioritize productivity above all. From this window, we see just how entrenched our everyday choices reinforce and are affected by the systems we occupy. Serious conditions, illnesses, and...]]></description><link>https://beyondthechartucla.wixsite.com/btcucla/post/an-extra-ordinary-illness</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a36e93391a8121cb984bd9e</guid><category><![CDATA[Toward Tomorrow]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 19:36:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4d9320_4b89e0e07f6649deb8273406fb79cdd0~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Osmin Guerrero</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just Keep Running]]></title><description><![CDATA[Medical dramas often portray the timeline of hospital admission to diagnosis and treatment in the span of days, if not mere hours. For Aryan Parikh, his medical “episode” stretched to span nearly 20 years before he was diagnosed. Parikh, a student at Purdue University, had first shown signs of irregular breathing when he was two years old. His life since then has involved a constant stream of visits with medical specialists to reach a diagnosis and, ultimately, treatment for his severe asthma...]]></description><link>https://beyondthechartucla.wixsite.com/btcucla/post/just-keep-running</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a364e08a8977cb11dd4d19e</guid><category><![CDATA[Toward Tomorrow]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 19:36:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4d9320_15ad3cbdf04e4689925c304e6db00463~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mindy Huynh</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith in the Light]]></title><description><![CDATA[When Jessica felt the first prickling jab of pain from her spine and back, she brushed it aside. With quiet confidence in her physical strength, she told herself that it was the labor getting to her. It’ll go away, she told herself. It’s probably nothing. Her long-coveted American dream had just begun. And she was willing to work through everything to attain it. What Jessica didn’t know at the time was the years of excruciating pain that awaited here in her new life in Los Angeles, California....]]></description><link>https://beyondthechartucla.wixsite.com/btcucla/post/faith-in-the-light</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a36ea90a8977cb11dd65bde</guid><category><![CDATA[Toward Tomorrow]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 19:36:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4d9320_810bf08054a14c20869c8a3d68b0c66c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jennifer Ho</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Aftermath of Breast Cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every morning Carolyn wakes up before the sun to go running, except for four months in the spring of 2023. This was when she received her breast cancer diagnosis. After reviewing her options, Carolyn chose to have a double mastectomy with immediate reconstruction in hopes of a fast treatment, a return to her normal life and her sunrise runs. However, even two years after her surgery, Carolyn still doesn’t feel entirely like herself. Many years before, doctors found abnormal cell growth during...]]></description><link>https://beyondthechartucla.wixsite.com/btcucla/post/the-aftermath-of-breast-cancer</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a36e9da98bf123ab4b4e57b</guid><category><![CDATA[Toward Tomorrow]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 19:36:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4d9320_7989441abc6a459cb45b9d87d4f4b165~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Liberty McColl</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>