I slouched in my brand new car seat. My 6-year-old bottom started to hurt from sitting too long, and my stomach started to make funny noises. “Are we… Read More

I slumped in my swivel chair in the police department’s stuffy conference room, contemplating what to do if there was a difficult situation. I imagined… Read More

Most people have a home to go to at the end of the day, but not everybody has a special room in that home where… Read More

My quinceañera was supposed to be the day I shine.   It turned out to be a nightmare that changed my life forever.   After almost a year of… Read More

June 21, 2011, the doctors said he wouldn’t make it. They said he would never be normal. They said he had a 20 percent chance… Read More

I get STUCK! I don’t know what to do. I don’t believe in myself. I don’t even understand ME! Is she better than me? Yea,… Read More

“What does that mean, Mommy? Why are you crying, Mommy?” My first words that left my mouth when Trayvon Martin was killed. I was 10… Read More

March 21, 2014, my dad went to court. As my family and I got to the 7th floor just before my parents entered the courtroom… Read More

I remember my childhood fondly: looking out the window at a beautiful lake, watching the latest Nickelodeon cartoons on a big flat screen TV, driving… Read More

Growing up in a first-generation immigrant family, I witnessed my parents’ hard work ethic and challenging traditional Mexican customs. My parents migrated from Mexico as teenagers… Read More