Mi Gente! Welcome to our Spring Interview Series! Super excited to share with you my conversations with Creatives and Entrepreneurs I admire and been blessed and privilege to work with. Today, I have the absolute honor to share my conversation with Elmaz Abinader, author and performer, Co-founder and former Program Director of VONA (Voices of Our Nations and Arts Foundation), ... Read More »
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Trailblazers: Meet The Creatives- Episode 6 : Nicole Thomas, The Author
Mi Gente! Welcome Back to a new episode of Trailblazers: Meet The Creative series! Today, we talk with author Nicole Thomas who joined my workshop this past November alongside her daughter Mariah (episode 1). Tell us about yourself, who are you and what do you do. I am a Learning and Development professional, writer and workshop facilitator. I am the ... Read More »
Grief & The Loss of My Mother#52essays2017
January is a rough month for me. I lost my mother January 25, 2002 four days after her 56th birthday, when she lost her battle with colon cancer, the grief is twice the weight. For the past 15 years, January reminds me of not being able to celebrate my mother’s birthday among other milestones and it is also the reminder ... Read More »
Loving My Body vs. Body Shaming#52essays2017
Last Summer, my friends and I along with each other’s families got together for our annual beach day. Our friendship has transcended the test of time and now we have become family. It is a tradition we began building about four or five years ago. We are now parents and our kids get along so well they call each other ... Read More »