Sexually abused by a rabbi in her Lubavitch (a branch of Hasidism) community, abandoned by her parents, and turning to Bulimia to try and make herself disappear, Deena Chanowitz has stared down mountains of suffering to go from suicidal to getting into med school.<br /><br />For more episodes from our Summer '16 season of The What's Underneath Project, visit our playlist: <br />https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_jxFaykzU8AYcXexqhzER-LEeORM2Nlb<br /><br />Deena Chanowitz:<br />Website: http://www.chefdeena.com/<br />Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chefdeenanyc/<br /><br />StyleLikeU:<br />YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=stylelikeu<br />Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stylelikeu/<br />Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stylelikeu<br />Snapchat: stylelikeu1<br />Twitter: https://twitter.com/StyleLikeU<br />Tumblr: http://stylelikeu.tumblr.com/<br />Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/9wJ_b<br /><br />Deena's video was edited by Andrea Cruz and Naomi Ranz-Schleifer
