When she first met her new gynecologist, Lauren R. Kornegay was introduced to a disorder that was unfamiliar to her at the time: endometriosis. Diagnosed at the age of 20, she experienced the pain, struggles, exhaustion, and confusion that accompany the disease. This led her on a search to find someone who looked like her — who was also living with the same diagnosis. Each time, she came up empty-handed. Due to a lack of representation and acknowledgement of Black women affected by endometriosis, she felt entirely alone. She found herself in support groups being dismissed, accused of being racist, or chastised for speaking up about the lack of awareness of
099: ENDO Black Founder Lauren Kornegay
099: ENDO Black Founder Lauren Kornegay
099: ENDO Black Founder Lauren Kornegay
When she first met her new gynecologist, Lauren R. Kornegay was introduced to a disorder that was unfamiliar to her at the time: endometriosis. Diagnosed at the age of 20, she experienced the pain, struggles, exhaustion, and confusion that accompany the disease. This led her on a search to find someone who looked like her — who was also living with the same diagnosis. Each time, she came up empty-handed. Due to a lack of representation and acknowledgement of Black women affected by endometriosis, she felt entirely alone. She found herself in support groups being dismissed, accused of being racist, or chastised for speaking up about the lack of awareness of