I am small, yet pronounced in syllables of hurricane force winds when I unlock the boundaries of my mind. My eyes are caramel like the soft earth of my home country and as they stare into your soul they whittle you down like landslides in the middle of spring. The shed the waters from their dams that are there for colorful palettes of shadows of sun and shadows in night, but they pour at all the right times—the wrong times turn right for lessons are learned like the memorization of rare bird songs. My lips become hills falling on skin ready to collapse from love and all the treasures hidden in your mines are dug in deeper kept from wandering eyes. My hair falls down my face like the weeping willow branches by the pond, gently like this soul.
Many things have inspired me along the way, from the way that atoms interact to universal forces working in tandem to bring joy into my life.
I arrived from Cuba at the young age of 6 years old, became a big sister to an exceptional little boy at the age of 13, went off to college as a first-generation college student, earned a Bachelor's degree in Biological Chemistry from Grinnell College. After graduating, I became a high school science teacher with Teach for America and taught for 5 years. While teaching, I earned a Master's of Science in Education and Social Change from the University of Miami and then studied at Florida Institute of Technology and became a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA). Currently I am loving my life as a BCBA where every day I learn new skills applicable in my practice and in my life.
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