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Being in this community of creative people who appreciate art in all its forms is something I try not to take for granted. I love going around a corner and finding something completely unexpected. Just happening upon a surprise like that is very much like being given an unexpected gift. The crossing currents of creativity […]

There are so many girls who dream about becoming a ballerina. But I was different. The dance studio was my life. Every day I was in my own world practicing my pirouettes and choreography. People were amazed at how easily I danced on my toes like a professional. On a big performance day, as I […]

To me seeking happiness is the most important thing, and on that I always keep an eye. It may seem self-centered, but I believe being happy is the only way you are really yourself. I no longer have a tolerance for misery. If what I’m working toward does not give me peace then I move […]

No man is an island. Every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less. As well as if promontory were. As well as if a manor of thy friend’s or of thine own were; any man’s death diminishes […]

Go into the world as an active participant to create a better one for all.

You are not what you endure. You are the endurance through which you survive it.

It’s taking me a while to become comfortable with identities that I feel I have been pinned to, but I am slowly learning that I am allowed to embrace them. Being Queer and Cuban, I usually get categorized and compared to qualities with bad connotations. I have found that the only way to navigate through […]

“Life’s passed along to us empty. We have to make up the happiness part.” Richard FordEvery day I wake up and marvel at how WONDERFUL my life is. I just wish it hadn’t taken me so long to get here.

I fear of mediocrity- and not living up to all I can be, and contributing all I can contribute. I believe in people, in their innate goodness, imagination, creativity and ability to act. I fight for people who have no voice- so they can be all they can be through unleashing their own imaginative powers and having the […]

I share a name with my father and his father, I’d like to think they both still live through me. I have NO IDEA what happens next, but the world is BIG and KIND and there are plenty of new adventures out there. I am DETERMINED to do something ground with my life. Thank you RISD it’s been a […]