We Weren’t Volunteers, We Were Experiments

I am Zsanine Gross. I am a mother, a U.S. Navy veteran, a full-time psychology student at UNF, and a future neuropsychologist with an emphasis on the safety of Black women.

I created Never Voluntary because I decided that Black women and our bodily contributions to the medical field will not be forgotten, erased, or written out of history.

I did not build this store for pity. I built it to give people something tangible to hold onto. The t-shirts and scarves in this collection are not just products. They are core memories, conversation starters, and statements stitched into fabric. When you wear them, you are carrying the truth the system wants to bury.

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At REMIND Lab, I bridge neuroscience, psychology, and lived experiences of Black women to uncover how trauma reshapes the Black brain.

My work includes:


  • Studying how Pilates impacts the brain, stress pathways, and mental clarity for Black women

  • Developing patent-pending neuroprotective research with a licensed attorney guiding the process

  • Documenting how trauma, racism, and reproductive violence visibly change the brain and demanding accountability from a system that refuses to see it

Every sale from Never Voluntary helps fund this work and sustains the future I am building.

Shop the Neurological Collection

Truths about Black women’s brains, stitched into cotton and satin.

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$2,500

The next breakthrough starts here.

Your donation helps REMIND Lab raise $2,500 to secure the patent for our original supplement and begin trials that protect Black women’s brain health, from fertility through menopause and into dementia and Alzheimer’s. Every dollar moves us closer to answers our mothers and daughters have always deserved.