This week, I hit the two-month mark before my August nuptials. In the midst of seating arrangements, song selections and vow writing, an email came...[Read More]
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As society seemingly becomes more divisive along racial lines, there’s one phrase that makes me cringe every time I hear it. Most of the time...[Read More]
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I recently began a small workbook titled: “Do Disrupt: Change the status quo. Or become it.” It’s timely for us to be talking about changing...[Read More]
Anyone who has followed me in my writings knows I am a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI). For the record, I...[Read More]
The first time I experienced racism, I was 12 years old. It was such a horrible thing to feel and sense hatred. I was a...[Read More]
What does diversity in a public education classroom look like? Well, of course, it depends what school you are looking at as well as the...[Read More]
Reading Michelle Obama’s biography, “Becoming,” I began to think about what the concept of other means to me. The former First Lady writes about how some...[Read More]
In 2010, I was the director of a Women, Infants, and Children’s Program, (WIC) in a rural North Carolina county. Prior to that, I worked...[Read More]
I am Mexican-American, first generation to this land and the oldest daughter. All of my cousins were guys, so I grew up a tough little...[Read More]
At the time of my writing, the government has now partially been shut down for thirty-three days. I’ll admit I haven’t kept up with the...[Read More]