July 4th Fireworks
[Third place winner in the Storytelling Contest non fiction category.] Have you ever seen fireworks in broad daylight? Often associated as a nocturnal sighting, I was mesmerized to hear them implode above us on July 4th, 2020.
Wildflower Tears
As the evening rises across the bay, the golden bridges on our faces meet to make a crossing so great...
Honoring the Forgotten: My Day at the Mothers of Gynecology Park
When I first pulled up to the Mothers of Gynecology Park in Montgomery, there were a few cars around, but...
Oops I Did It Again (Grad School Edit)
Oops! I did it again – made it through first year of graduate school and landed myself in a lab...
Mind Game
I've captured the essence of an intrinsic part of me. ADHD. My behavior is reckless I'm fun, dangerous
War of One
[Third place Storytelling Contest winner for poetry.] Rhythmic steps on concrete matching the beat of the music thrumming in my...
I Left My Heart in San Francisco
[Second place Synapse Storytelling Contest winner for poetry.] As I step across the bay, Wond’ring if those golden days Were...
Love trio
Yesterday It’s a choice to trust and love But God trust in what, whom, when? how to love ? and...
In the Age of AI: What Makes Us Human? Lessons from Timeless Tales
Fables written centuries ago still echo in the present — quietly, powerfully — reminding us of what it means to...
Shalom
Is this the end? At home, the war awaits me