About Me

A writer with a secretly soft heart.

photo by author

When I was in the second grade, I reported a boy named Adrian to the bully box. I grabbed a piece of paper, wrote down the problem, and then slipped it into the box as I stared him in the eye.

What was the problem? He wasn’t actually bullying me. He was just really annoying. He kept singing the Itsy-Bitsy Spider, and my seven-year-old self was losing her mind.

Even at seven I’d heard the joke too many times: “Your name’s Itxy? Like the Itsy-Bitsy-Spider?”

“Yes,” I’d say through gritted teeth. “Just like that.”

Sadly, the X in my name throws everyone off, especially online. The only way to explain how to pronounce my name? “It’s like the song...” So that’s what I’m going to tell you.

Hi. I’m Itxy. Like the Itsy-Bitsy Spider.

Technically, Itxy is my nickname.

My full-name is eight letters: Itxayana — but don’t ask me how to pronounce it because I have no idea how to explain it. (Plus, it doesn’t sound as pretty when you say it without the accent.)

It’s why I stuck to Itxy. It’s simple and everyone can say it.

Other than my name, I’ve never stuck to “simple.” I don’t like easy or normal or safe or same. I dream big…