“What about you? Are you in a relationship?” I stare at the question onscreen, my fingers hovering over the keyboard. I could lie. Or be vague. To the friend that’s posed the…
On June 25, 2020, I had gastric sleeve surgery and it changed my life forever.
I remember the first time I saw a dark-skinned anime character on screen.
Trigger Warning: drug abuse, mental health How do you hold space for others, when you haven’t been able to create that space for yourself? It was Friday night at 11:39 p.m. when…
This is a charge to anyone reading this who struggles with their mental health or knows they may simply need a release, but are scared to take the first step. I feel you.
It’s late February 2020—a pre-COVID-19 world. I was attending a Black tech entrepreneur mixer being held at my office that I didn’t really want to go to, but I decided at the…
It’s late February 2020—a pre-COVID-19 world. I was attending a Black tech entrepreneur mixer being held at my office that I didn’t really want to go to, but I decided at the…
When I moved to America at age six, I became a ghost. Crossing the Atlantic ocean, I left behind family, customs, and traditions. I remember the day exactly, July 11th, 2005. My mother had…
Trauma. Traumatic. “I was traumatized.” While we use the “T” word so freely, sometimes we only consider one singular manifestation of trauma: the visible kind. If you barely escaped a kidnapping with…
Trauma. Traumatic. “I was traumatized.”
