“I am not my upbringing”

I’m 30 years old; I’ve survived, persevered beyond, and recovered from a laundry list of traumas and challenges throughout my life: a decade-long eating disorder, sexual molestation, date rape, my younger brother’s death, countless other deaths of close loved ones, depression, self-harm and myriad other crises. Yet, as a life-long and now professional writer, performer, … Read more

“I am not my home”

Life can hit you hard and sometimes it can knock you out of having a home. It happened to me. My journey of being without a home has been an incredible learning experience. You can learn so much about the people around you, including how much they love you. In almost 2 years of not … Read more