As a blogger and memoirist, I write real stories about mental illness, child abuse, language barriers, and identity. My debut memoir "I Asked the Blue Heron" is now available in stores and online in Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Kobo.

Dowling Degos Disease and the Cyberbully

On Saturday, a person tried to humiliate me by sending a brief message through my personal email account. The message was simple, characteristic of the small mind that sent it: a picture of me in a less than favorable light, with language referring to my face, “not good, bad, bad.” I suffer from a rare…

Venezuela Stands up for Democracy

Venezuela is a wonderful country with beautiful and caring people. Nature has bestowed us with an exuberant landscape rich in minerals from oil to iron, to gold.   During the last 18 years, Venezuelans have fallen and stood up several times over, and today, July 16th, 2017, we stood up for democracy, stronger than ever,…

Monday Intentions: Write the heat wave

The last few days, the heat has forced us to grab a few blankets and sleep on the ground floor of our house. On our makeshift beds on the bare floor tiles, with a fan running all night long, we managed to sleep despite the record breaking temperatures in the LA area. Sweltering in the…