Feb 17, 2021Response to: Greening the GhettoEnvironmental Justice is Racial Justice. Most people think that environmental justice is just electric cars and solar panels, but it’s much deeper than that. The very nature of how we live our lives and where we live are our environment. Where does the justice part fit into that? Why…Environmental Issues3 min readEnvironmental Issues3 min read
Dec 10, 2020Hummingbird + CactusDear Anxiety, Thank you for all you’ve done in order to keep me safe. Up until this point, I was not able to decipher danger or confront my PTSD and coping methods. Everything kept you flying, being busy kept you flying, and you flying kept me going, hummingbird. Rest now…Anxiety1 min readAnxiety1 min read
Nov 6, 2020Today is the first day in 13 years that I’ve felt like myself.It’s been about 13 years probably, since I felt like myself. There was only a short window of time that I can say I was truly standing and living my own life without living in fear and trauma. I had 4 years where I was myself, deciding who I wanted…Mental Health3 min readMental Health3 min read
Jun 8, 2020Community Activism in Response to Dehumanization & Policing MethodsThe following was written and researched in the Fall of 2019 for a Graduate School course as I pursue my Master’s Degree in Social Innovation at Grand Valley State University. This research paper includes a narrative of my personal experience with race and racism. Since I have lived across the…Dehumanization21 min readDehumanization21 min read
May 30, 2020Hope, Change, and JusticeIn times like this, when I can’t sleep or all I can do is sleep… it’s important to cling to hope. Hope that things are going to change, hope that every foot in the right direction is a step forward to change. There were times in my life when I…Social Justice3 min readSocial Justice3 min read
May 28, 2020White Complacency, non-Black POC’s, and the societal racial caste system in the United StatesI was taught to fear interactions with police. Maybe it was because at one point my family immigrated to the US or maybe it was because that’s what the community that I lived in did. I remember being fearful. But the time I spent living on my own as an…BlackLivesMatter5 min readBlackLivesMatter5 min read
May 10, 2020Who gets to be ‘a Mother’?I’ve been reflecting on motherhood and moms since 2011 when I held my precious baby boy for the first time. I was filled with a love that I had never known before, I also knew I would die before I let anything happen to him. These were very conflicting feelings…Motherhood4 min readMotherhood4 min read
Sep 27, 2017AuthenticityGoing through the interview process is stressful. Searching for a job, when you don’t have one… is completely taxing. I decided to approach looking for a job this time around, differently. Which is to say, I know what I have to offer employers, I know my worth. I have a…Authenticity3 min readAuthenticity3 min read
Sep 13, 2017A personal journey.Let’s be cliché for a moment, I’m on a journey of self-discovery. At the end of March, I was given a month’s notice that my contract that didn’t originally have an end date, would cease at the end of April. …Life4 min readLife4 min read
Aug 28, 2017My personal design story.In my senior thesis class, our professors asked us one question “If you could do one thing tomorrow, what would it be?” We all came up with very literal answers and had no idea if we needed to design something. But the next class, our professors said, “try again” and…Graphic Design6 min readGraphic Design6 min read
