How Quitting the Peace Corps Taught Me to Serve My Community
I knew I wanted to join the Peace Corps ever since I was a kid. I loved to travel, I studied Spanish in school from…
I knew I wanted to join the Peace Corps ever since I was a kid. I loved to travel, I studied Spanish in school from…
An optimist by nature, there are a handful of things that I consistently overestimate. I put twice as many items on my to-do list as…
When I decided to quit my job and become a stay-at-home mom, my time with “grown-ups” decreased significantly. As an extrovert (with limited adult time),…
I begrudgingly moved back in with my parents in 2019 after more than 10 years of living by myself, working in Makati City, the Philippines’…
When I was a child, my favorite song to belt out in the children’s choir at my Southern Baptist Church was “This Little Light of…
In the fall, a friend of mine picked me up to go on a drive. Spontaneous yet not uncommon, these mini road trips happen frequently…
As a native Spanish speaker, I love interacting with people of other cultures and nationalities; I find connecting with others an opportunity to practice English…
Everything in my life changed when, at the age of 25, I had a prophylactic double mastectomy on July 6, 2018. I had tested positive…
I stood outside of the Wesley United Methodist Church on the corner of Fentworth Blvd in Franklin Square, NY. I reached for the doorknob with…
Reading and watching today’s news can send you into a panic attack. Global poverty, ice caps melting, congressional chaos, nations threatening one another. It can…