Quarter of a Century & A Year
“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.” ― Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul It’s My Birthday!!! Thank you in advance for […]
2021 Graduates
“You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And you are the one who’ll decide where to go.” 3 years…that’s how long its been since I walked the stage at my own graduation ceremony. Crazy to think […]
When One Door Closes, Another Opens So much has happened in these past three months that it still doesn’t seem real. I’m still grasping with the aftermath of what this summer held for me but as I continue with the […]
Summer 2020
A Letter to the Class of 2020
Dear Class of 2020, Two months ago, many of you went on Spring Break and never returned to school because of a virus that changed everything in a matter of days. School districts and universities all over the country moved […]
Truth Behind Cinco de Mayo
Cinco de Mayo is NOT Mexico’s Independence Day- Mexicans I find it so ironic how Cinco de Mayo is celebrated by many people in the United States when #1 mostly everybody thinks it’s Mexico’s Independence Day and #2 most […]
May The Force Be With You
“I’m one with the Force. The Force is with me.” — Chirrut Îmwe It took me almost 25 years to finally sit down and watch all of the Star Wars movies (well almost all)! I can’t believe it took […]
Earth Day 2020
“The environment is where we all meet; where we all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share.” —Lady Bird Johnson 50 years ago, Earth Day was celebrated for the first time and as a […]
Easter Birthday
April 12, 2001 This is the day my other sister was born, Rubi Izabella Herrera. When my mom got pregnant for the 3rd time, she really thought she was going to have a boy and my parents were planning to […]
Quarantine Life
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.- Maya Angelou We didn’t know it at the time but life was really good and we definitely took many things for granted. Fast forward […]
‘To me, Youtube isn’t just, ‘watch my videos!’, It’s, ‘let’s have a conversation and get involved in each other’s lives,’- Shane Dawson Growing up, social medias wasn’t a thing until the end of my high school years. That’s when Twitter, […]