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In the city I am from: Bogotá, there was no space for my passion so I decided to come to the United States to fulfill my dream of becoming a jeweler. As a young student I believed that if there was no space for what I believed in, then I had to create it. If […]

All too often, I’m filled with fear & doubt about my Capabilities. I Question my Strengths & I Believe in my Weaknesses. I’m terrified that once I’m tossed out into the sea of life, I’ll Struggle, Drown & become a disappointment to those who believe in me. I do not want that to be the […]

Be brave Make noise Make art Dig in Dream Smile Sing Create   Celebrate Dig in Stand tall Get dirty Believe Pray Play Love   Remember, no matter what we look like, we all have a story. Our stories are what make us diverse, our humanity is what makes us similar. Everyone has challenges. Rise […]

The truth is a resounding heartbeat THAT I AM HUMAN.

It took a long time for me to feel safe in my own skin. I grew up a little black girl in a white, middle-class suburb. Picket fences. I suppressed who I was so that I could fit in… or at least not stand out and get bullied more than usual. I left for college […]

My people are the African American community.   We are timeless innovators, artists, scientists, inventors and explorers who have endured and overcome almost insurmountable obstacles to gain the right to be treated as equals.   In spite of that, we as a group have made and continue to make significant and indelible contributions to American […]

While I can “pass” for white, I am far from it. You can’t tell by looking at me that my ethnicity is predominantly Mexican and Korean. The “whiteness” is assumed by merit of inheriting my mother’s ivory skin. I make jokes about it, but there’s a whole world of pain surrounding this. It’s surprising the […]

Optimism is my modus operandi. I am always under the belief that the situations we are in have a silver lining, no matter how bad the going gets. While much of my outlook on life exists because of the luck of the draw I was given, it has only cemented in me the fact that […]

Being a whole person is not about how many hands you have, whom you choose to love, how smart you are or the color of your skin… for many years, I went everywhere in public wearing a prosthesis. I believed that it made me more complete – more whole. Now when I wear my artificial […]