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Doing things I love
Do you play in your daily life? What says “playtime” to you? When I was a kid, I was undocumented. My earliest memories revolve around my mother crossing the border illegally and me being brought along as she worked as a street vendor in LA. So, my job was to watch my baby brother while…
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My Trauma
Sometimes, when I feel like all is going right in my life, along comes a person who will evoke the most negative reactions in me. Their words or actions cut through the perfectly curated armor I’ve spent the last 20 years of my life building and it happens without warning. Suddenly my trauma returns, the…