... My 30 second pitch. -- A kaleidoscope of polarities make up my intersectionality. Citizen and immigrant. Daughter and Matante. Lover and fighter. Serious and funny. Tacos and Tuesdays. At home and away. Crazy and disciplined and curious and cautious. L'étranger and the familiar. Pushing boundaries and finding balance. Exactly the … [Read more...] about 2020: Creative Mornings & DC Design Week
One Action: VOTE
I spent the last weeks of summer 2020 on America's roadways. It's weird to say, but I have actually enjoyed some time on I-95. I have also ridden many miles on I-64 and cherished the trek to NC-12 like I do every year. Exploring the surroundings of Smith Mountain Lake, VA, through West Virginia to Lexington, KY and then out and back to Nags Head, NC this year, I observed … [Read more...] about One Action: VOTE
May 2020: Empathy’s Moment
Empathy is having a moment. It's been around for a while. The word originates from Greek and was translated in English for the first time from Einfühlung, German for feeling in, in the early 1900s. We have been studying it and using it for literally 100 years. Empathy is the ability to sense other people's emotions, coupled with the ability to imagine what someone … [Read more...] about May 2020: Empathy’s Moment
May 2020: You are Not Alone
Actually, I am. I've been alone for 57 days. Everything I do is alone. -- May is Mental Health Awareness month. Respect. I hear and read that apparently, I am not alone, pretty much everywhere I look these days . Mostly on social media. On tv. And at work. I get it. You want to help me feel supported. It's nice. Thank you. But here is the thing: I am … [Read more...] about May 2020: You are Not Alone
Theatrics: A Quarantine Struggle
This is a self-portrait. Despite the pep talks and the energy I give, these times are extremely difficult, also for me. I barely kept my shit together at work today. And tonight, I am struggling to find perspective. I question whether I have the cognitive and emotional athleticism to be who I want to be. I experience self-doubt I have never known existed in me before. I … [Read more...] about Theatrics: A Quarantine Struggle
