Shame is the universal companion of women, nipping at our heels, feeding on our deepest fear that who we are is not enough. Shame is beyond annoying. It is debilitating. In order to unpack the shame that is immobilizing us from living our best life and from accessing our true power, we must analyze it like a glass slide under ... Read More »

Miscarriage is a distinct kind of heartbreak that cannot be defined. What do you do when you’ve miscarried a child you weren’t ready for? How do you get over the grief of a loss so profound, your heart can’t fathom it? And how do you consolidate two opposing emotions and console yourself through the pain? As much as I love ... Read More »

For the past few months, I have been contemplating the idea of gathering a group of women to discuss Shame and how this emotion has shown up in our lives at specific times, how it affected us and how we let go of it. I am always the one in a group observing and paying close attention to what is ... Read More »

For about a year, I came across an Instagram page titled “Queenscapes” which depict various pictures of the beauty of Queens not only the landscape but also its community. The organization curates numerous events throughout the year around Queens neighborhoods. About a month ago, I was invited by its founder Adolfo Steve Vazquez to join them alongside Five Boro Story ... Read More »

On November 13, 2017, Entrepreneurship was celebrated globally to celebrate innovators and job creators who launch startups that bring ideas to life, drive economic growth and expand human welfare.  The idea of Global Entrepreneurship Week is to inspire others to engage in entrepreneurial activity while connecting them to potential collaborators, mentors, and even investors. Today, as many shops around the ... Read More »

Around March of 2015, I came across an Instagram post of the Women by Choice Network about the importance of cultivating sisterhood for the growth of women. That post prompted me to log on to their website and sign up for their membership, since then I have been a member and I have taken some of Andromeda Raheem’s online coaching ... Read More »

One of the many reasons I am publishing these interviews is to give proper credit to those people in our communities who are doing amazing work and have impacted my life one way or another, the everyday hero who is not known by many. One of those people is Vanessa Martir. I  first met Vanessa in the Spring of 2013 at my ... Read More »

I met Bridget Bartolini in 2013 at an event curated by Queens poet, Audrey Dimola at the Queens Council of the Arts.  After the performance of a collective of poets representing my event Canvas of Words, she approached me and inquire if perhaps we could in a near future work together; we exchanged business cards and since then we have ... Read More »

I met Mariela Regalado, about two years ago at a women’s empowering event.  I remember Mariela walking up to me, introducing herself and sparking conversation, from the moment you meet her you feel welcomed. Later on that year, we met again at a writing workshop facilitated by Vanessa Martir which gave me the opportunity to learn more about Mariela’s story. ... Read More »

Last December, I was invited by Bridget Bartolini, founder of the Five Boro Story Project to be a part of the culminating event of The Richmond Hill Love Letter series by sharing my love for Richmond Hill, Queens, alongside poignant storytellers: Richard S. David, Nadia Misir, Sean Kulsum and Bridget Bartolini . I had the opportunity to share my story ... Read More »