Jun 30, 2018On Immigration, and being the first.A version of this story was first published on my blog, sweetfineday.com on February 2017. I shared this image that I created of me and my grandmother watching over my two daughters on Instagram a few days after my grandmother died. She was 94 when she passed away and lived…Immigration5 min read
Dec 23, 2016That time I worked as an elf at Macy’s Santaland.I was 19. Young, in art school, and living in the East Village. A friend of mine had told me about a seasonal job that he had for the past couple of years and recommended that I go in for an interview when Macy’s put out a casting call in…Christmas7 min read
Nov 3, 2016Reawakening the inner artistOn returning to art after 20 years — In many ways, this year hasn’t gone the way that I thought it might. I’m not sure what I expected when my start up job ended back in May and I transitioned back to freelance and our bakery biz, but I thought I would have more time than I ended…Art5 min read
Jul 6, 2016On mourning, my time at a startup, and how my faith in online communities was restoredThis is a story about loss and grief, and how one tragic event became the catalyst for a new beginning. — This past May, I closed doors on two chapters of my life — two very different chapters, but whose timing was inextricably intertwined. …Startup11 min read
