Couple-Care: Chaya + Braxton Cook

Essence Magazine:

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Couple-Care is a monthly series highlighting inspiring couples in our community. Each couple discusses how “couple-care” sustains their relationship, the self-care lessons they’ve learned from one another, and more.

“I had no interest in dating,” professor Dr. Chaya Crowder-Cook tells ESSENCE about the night she met the love of her life. While studying political science

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