My first job out of school I worked as a foster agency social worker. It was hands-on. I met with clients weekly. I helped them with…
Back in the day my favorite music was rap. In the 80’s, some of my favorite artists were Big Daddy Kane and Father MC. The rap music I…
There are two pieces to my life — the life before my mother died and the life after.
Eight years ago I went with the Norwalk SDA Church to Lautoka, Fiji. We stayed at Lautoka Primary School. We slept in tents. One night…
I’ve been cycling for over a year. When I first began, I started on the weekends from Seal…
I was seventeen. I played tailback and safety for my high school’s football team. I had a cousin…
My dad was an auto dismantler. He bought cars that were too expensive to fix and took what still worked. He scrapped the…
This is my day-to-day: how will I cope with pain? I wake with a migraine or arthritic pain in my legs and joints. I’m dealing with…
I’m Puerto Rican from New York City, the Lower East Side. I wanted to finish my religion degree at an Adventist college that…
I’m a PhD candidate studying Iberian linguistics, the languages from the Iberian peninsula, Spain and Portugal. I…
