Growing up in a big house meant things added up quickly in our home. Everything was always multiplied by 6 (my parents, sisters, and I) or more if we had guest visiting or family living with us temporarily. Anytime my Mom or Dad could find things that were Free.99 they were on it like white [...]
Imagine since you were 18 years old you moved into a new home every year and a new city every couple years. Sounds kind of exhausting, doesn't it? A lot of reasons pulled me to different places like two study aboard programs plus moving on and off campus. It was fun for a while meeting [...]
Growing up my understanding of sustainable living was recycling water bottles, plastic bags, and cardboard. I never thought about how to live sustainably as a child, teenager, and a young adult for a while too. I didn't have friends growing up that cared about the environment and openly talked about it. Little did I know [...]
I’ve lived in the same city throughout my childhood. I knew the ends and outs of my city in Florida and you couldn't tell me nothing. There are even people I graduated high school with that I have known since first grade. As you can imagine I was one of many college students ready to leave [...]
In elementary school, I auditioned for a role in the school's Christmas play. After auditions I got a choir role but I wanted a bigger role with actual lines. So I told my music teacher if a spot opened up- I wanted it. Not sure what happened but a spot opened up as a reindeer, I [...]
I didn't really grow up doing what people consider the outdoors. Things like hiking, camping, hunting, fishing, etc. I've only been camping once as a young kid as birthday gift from a childhood friend. I had a blast but I will never forget my Dad asking me something a long the lines of, why would [...]
One of the coolest summers I ever had was because I tried something new. Summer 2014 I went to Costa Rica for a study abroad with my university. I practiced my Spanish, made friendships, and tried new things like riding a horse, swimming in hot springs, and milking a cow. That summer was the summer [...]
I grew up grocery shopping with my Mama and sisters at big stores like Walmart and Costco. We always spent hours in the store and usually got way more than we needed. It was a very mundane thing of life but I enjoyed it a lot- at least everything besides unloading the car. Supporting small [...]
The first job I ever had was working for my Mama at her hair salon. It was the summer after 7th grade and my older sister Esi was leaving for a study aboard which meant I had to step up at the shop. A summer would turn into 8 years later of helping my Mama. [...]
I was honored to be the Maid of Honor for my best friend in the summer of 2015. I was able to be there for her and make her special day. I cried when she came down the aisle. It hit me that my best friend was growing up and charting her own path as [...]
