My mother’s words, her actions, her tenacity, they nudge me often. Even in her absence, her voice is still a force. I remember how it has gotten her thousands of miles from the village she grew up in, into rooms someone that looked sounded and believed like her may not have been welcome, purchasing her first home, and embodying what it means to be limitless.
Of all the things I’ll share in this series about what my mom said first, this is probably the one...
No strenuous deadlines, unreachable expectations, or being extra hard on myself when I fall short. In the spirit of living my best life, I am determined to live in a constant of space of self improvement.
One of the greatest gifts I have ever given myself was a solo trip. I had been working for some...
While this is a common phrase, no one had ever said it to me. When my mother said it, it...
It would be irresponsible of me to approach September the same way I approached August. So, I have been meditating on what went wrong, what can be better, and what I learned from my August failure.
This decade is dedicated to my teenage self. She is the one who believed in me the most. Her dreams about what I could do were limitless. She never considered that fear, intimidation, and procrastination would be my blockers. So, I want to make her proud, honor her.
I was on the receiving end of unwarranted aggression and chaos designed to minimize me while simultaneously push false narratives about who I am in a high stakes environment. It became glaring in real time that when people assert the control they perceive they have over your life to exert their agenda, it is done with enormous disregard for the life they trample on.
This is such a strange thing to say. If you don’t have an in-depth understanding of the power of prayer,...
Defined as a period of reflection or deep thought, musings are the heartbeat of these short films offering a heartfelt invitation into my window of intimate Introspection. What is my goal? To honor myself authentically. Honestly, I created this for me.
I’m writing this in the midst of not having a break for some days, with none in the forseable future....
In preparation for the day, I kept on asking myself, what is important? In the 3-5 minutes I was given, how could I say something that mattered, capturing the true spirit of my journey and those who I had crossed paths with?