So much ephemerality in this transcendent reality. The common truth is that we all end our journey at some point just as we all attempt to start it. Those of us who make it through the tunnel that begins life end up focusing on all the wrong parts when our vision clears.
I want to look at the small flowers and try to make things grow, but my legs feel like waterlogged roots that lead to withering of the rest of me and there’s no gardener up in the sky nor down on Earth that transfers me from this container; and all returns to darkness.
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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