Woman to Woman
My friend and fellow writer, Patrice Gaines, teaches a monthly workshop at a jail in Charlotte. Convinced that words have a healing power, Patrice has started a project called 30 Letters […]
Get your style on
So, my greatest richness in life has been my friends. I’ve always had the wonderful fortune of having amazing friends in my life. One of those amazing friends is Laura Caputo who […]
We need more M'ijas. Can you help young Latinas?
Circle De Luz radically empowers young Latinas by supporting and inspiring them in the pursuit of their possibilities through extensive mentoring, programming, and scholarship funds for further education. You can […]
Looking back
I have a stack of journals that span my collegiate years that I have never opened since I wrote the last page in them and then put them away. I […]
Gringa: A Contradictory Girlhood
When I have my act together, Tuesdays are the day to blog about culture, identity, and/or community engagement. And, today, hooray for us, I have my act together because I get to tell […]
Become a 2016 Circle de Luz M'ija
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhEBP6_3O2U] Circle De Luz radically empowers young Latinas by supporting and inspiring them in the pursuit of their possibilities through extensive mentoring, programming, and scholarship funds for further education. You […]
Bodywork
Driving the car through the local township- that bitch of a machine- she catches a glimpse of her beauty starved face in that dingy rearview- its moods dictating […]
What I always want to remember as a parent
“We are all just one phone call away from living a totally different life,” said Kelly Corrigan at a speaking event I went to last week (you might remember that […]
Art auction supports Circle de Luz
Thanks so much to Rush Beam for his donation of a work of art in a recent auction to benefit Circle de Luz. The art work, Somber Rhythm, netted $200 that […]
Art Matters
Rush Beam, a Davidson, NC native, is hosting his first big city art show in San Francisco, CA this Friday, May 7th. Called Landscaped: Reflection, his collection of drawings and […]
