• I’M BETTING ON MYSELF

    I’ve never been good at marketing myself. For years, low self-esteem had me defining myself by where I started: teenage mother. Welfare recipient. High school dropout. I honestly thought I was the lowest of the low. Then I went to college in 2002 and discovered something about myself: I could write my ass off. 😂…


  • Collective Roots

    Ten years ago, I took my cat Diddy to get neutered, which was a very interesting experience.  I went to the Lurie Spray/Neuter Clinic and it is located in the Little Village, a predominantly Mexican neighborhood I had never visited before, and for me, it is always cool when I discover new places, people, and…