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Puerto Rican Poet, Scholar & Parent
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Amplifying Puerto Rican and underrepresented voices while supporting aspiring & emerging writers through her writing, teaching, and advocacy.
Please enjoy this blog where I share Writing Life Insights & Updates, Mamihood Musings, Book Recommendations (for you and your littles), and my love for all things Puerto Rican!
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New Year Intentions: Looking Back & Ahead

12/27/2018

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As the end of the year quickly approaches and I prepare to lead Write Your 2019 Into Existence: Seven Day Writing Life Roadmap Challenge for Women and Non-binary Writers, I’m also reflecting on my own 2018 and thinking of the intentions I plan to set for 2019.

Write Your 2019 Into Existence: Writing Life Roadmap Challenge

​Whenever I’m thinking about intention setting and cultivating good habits for my writing life, I turn to two guest posts I wrote a few years back...
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My Best Christmas Gift Ever... & a Holiday Gift for You!

12/18/2018

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Whether Hanukkah, Winter Solstice, Noche Buena, Christmas, Kwanza, New Years, Día de los Reyes, or Octavitas celebrations fill your calendar this Dec/Jan, it's the most busy (I mean wonderful) time of the year!

Growing up, our Christmas Day celebrations were complicated by one important factor... my red headed little brother is a Christmas Baby:
I can only imagine how awful it was for him to watch his bully of a big sister get presents on HIS birthday, but somehow he managed...
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Ditch the Resolutions & Write Your 2019 Into Existence

12/13/2018

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​Write Your 2019 Into Existence: Seven Day Writing Life Roadmap Challenge for Women and Non-binary Writers


TL;DR: Write Your 2019 Into Existence: Seven Day Writing Life Roadmap Challenge for Women and Non-binary Writers

Sign up for a FREE seven day challenge to get your 2019 off on the right foot. Sign up by 12/31 (challenge starts by email on 1/6). SHARE with others who might be interested! Click the link above or the photo below to sign up today!
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Write Your 2019 Into Existence: Seven Day Writing Life Roadmap Challenge for Women & Nonbinary Writers
Three years ago, I invited four phenomenal women to a new year intention setting workshop in my home.

I guided our group through activities that helped us all reflect on our 2015 and set our course for 2016. 

We started the day off not knowing what to expect, and ended the day feeling a strong sense of community, purpose, and direction.

I dubbed 2016 my “Year of Procreation,” and — I kid you not — that same night, after the women had gone home, I took the pregnancy test that told my husband and me that we were expecting our first baby.

I’ve wanted to create the magic of that kind of deep reflection and intention setting in community every year since, but having a little one has made coordinating a little trickier...
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December 2018 Newsletter: Don't Miss An Email!

12/4/2018

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    Puerto Rican Poet, Scholar & Parent

    Amplifying Puerto Rican and underrepresented voices while supporting aspiring & emerging writers through her writing, teaching, and advocacy.
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