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You don’t always get what you want
Originally published May 2009 In a conversation about Facebook, a friend once stated that anyone from their past not currently in their lives probably doesn’t need to be there. I wholeheartedly...
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How a 3rd grader changed my life
Although I spent my teenage years participating in volunteer projects at church and school, the story of how I became a passionate advocate for volunteer work didn’t begin until I was a young adult. In...
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From high school dropout to strong (and educated) Latina
It was January of 19*cough, cough*. It was my 18th birthday. While the rest of my senior class was in their respective classes anxiously awaiting spring and all of the pomp and circumstance that prom...
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From traveling the world to ensuring its access to education
One of the greatest things about life is that it’s sometimes surprising. A great example of that are the people who come in and out of your life. One minute you’re meeting someone new, and a year and a...
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Mentoring: A great way to pay it forward & share what you know
I strongly believe in the power of mentoring and have written about it on a few occasions. I’ve profiled the Latino BIGS of NYC program as well as touched upon what it’s meant in my own life. Being...
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If I could do high school over again I would only change two things
I used to say that there wasn’t a moment of my life that I’d do over. Regrets were not my thing. To me, even the moments of wrong decisions were simply lessons learned. But life has a way of changing...
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The power in ‘each one, teach one’
For some reason I still couldn’t tie my shoes in second grade. As smart as I was, shoelaces confounded me. Now, not having kids I’m not actually sure the age when kids learn to tie their shoes but...
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