Simone Minor

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Simone Minor contributed to Iris as an undergrad at UVA and served on the Editorial Team in 2026-26. She graduated in 2026 as pre-med student double majoring in Global Public Health and Sociology with a minor in Data Science. 

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graduation cap and gown

What was the Golden Era of Black students here at UVA?

blue water with gentle waves

I dream of the stars as I stare at the sun,

the back of a the dark red figure of a woman hanging her head facing something bright in the distance

She looks in the mirror and every week seems to feel extra weight digging into her heels. The pressure overflowed from her shoulders onto her chest. 

the heart and other organs

I must feed my body and soul

blurred stripes of color

Sometimes life can move so fast that it passes you by.

Red rose with leaves and floating white hearts

Whether you are entering the warmth of cuffing season or bearing the cold of break up season, here are some songs to get you through the ebbs and flows of love.

line of figures standing each one more solid than the one that came before

What is legacy? / What someone leaves behind; / Difficult to vocalize / it is often unseen, / Unheard, / or even unknown.

a person meeting in the middle of multiple colored circles

I’m standing at the intersection of identity / Each piece of me yielding for another / But sometimes there’s a collision