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Pavlina Cerna

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As seen in: Bicycling Magazine, Hearst, Popular Mechanics, Runner's World, MSN, MSN UK, Yahoo Life, Flipboard, Runner's World UK, NewsBreak, Magzter Inc., The Temple News, In Vivo (IIAR), Runner's World SA and
Covers:  immigration, social justice, international community, human rights
Senior Features Editor at @runnersworld 🏃‍♀️ @BicyclingMag 🚴‍♀️ and @PopMech 🦾 Proud immigrant turned citizen 🇨🇿🇺🇸

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Pavlina Cerna’s Biography

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Graduate of Temple University with a degree in journalism. Currently working in the magazine industry. Background in newspaper, marketing, communications, social media, and customer service.

Passion for immigration, social justice, human and women’s rights, and equality.

Pavlina Cerna’s Journalist Portfolio

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Don’t ignore history: Holocaust education is essential

Don’t ignore history: Holocaust education is essential

This year commemorates the 75th anniversary of the liberation of concentration camps, the fall of the Nazi re…

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Social distancing is an ethical responsibility

Social distancing is an ethical responsibility

There is nothing I like more than meeting up with friends under normal circumstances. However, while my frien…

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New denaturalization office is threat for immigrants

New denaturalization office is threat for immigrants

Tanjeen Twinkle was brought to the United States from her native Bangladesh as a one year old by her family w…

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Collecting DNA of detained immigrants is unethical

Collecting DNA of detained immigrants is unethical

Raymundo Varela-Urizar came to the United States with his mother as a two-year-old on a visitor visa and over…

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Fairhill: Why the 2020 Census is Crucial for Philadelphians

Fairhill: Why the 2020 Census is Crucial for Philadelphians

2020 marks the 24th time the United States will undertake the largest nationally conducted operation - the ce…

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Temple professor's novel sheds light on Philadelphia's opioid crisis

Temple professor's novel sheds light on Philadelphia's opioid crisis

Liz Moore's new novel, "Long Bright River," was already a national success before it hit bookshelves, becomin…

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I Used to Get Recurring Yeast Infections Every Summer—These Habits Help Me Avoid Them

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By Pavlina Cerna Verified
| Runner's World Verified
I lift myself out of the skin-reddening hot bath that usually offers a temporary reprieve from my painful menstrual cramps but isn’t doing anything to ease my pain today. As I am wrapping myself in a towel, I feel a flush of heat wash over my body, making its way from the center of my torso to the tips of my limbs, and eventually reaching my head, which immediately starts spinning. The next thing I know, I am lying on the bathroom mat.
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I Take Breaks During My Long Runs—Am I Sabotaging My Training?

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By Pavlina Cerna Verified
| Runner's World Verified
Over the last few weeks, I could be spotted sitting on the ground in the middle of my long run, hydrating and refueling with a gel. Where I live on the East Coast, we’ve been experiencing heat wave after heat wave, and the humidity has been fluctuating between 90 percent in the morning and 50 percent in the afternoon most days—so for the few hours when the heat breaks, the great outdoors is a steam room.
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My Overactive Pelvic Floor Almost Derailed My Training. Here’s How I Got Ahead of the Symptoms With Expert Help.

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By Pavlina Cerna Verified
| Runner's World Verified
Jinxing is real. Just last week, I touted how I’ve been breezing through my workouts. But this week, I’m speed-dialing a pelvic floor specialist. I’m not experiencing an injury per se, as I’m not suffering pain that interferes with my runs, but the increase in my mileage has led to an experience I wish my body wasn’t familiar with: urinary retention.
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

As a child, it was my favorite way of writing. Knowing that a mistake cannot be easily erased requires a whole another kind of focus.

What's your favorite social network?

I do like Instagram a lot for the visuals and text being secondary, but my favorite is GoodReads, where I go for inspiration.

Who do you wish followed you?

Caity Weaver