Jan
24

Farewell 2012!

I can’t even begin to explain what this past year has been for me. I could try to convince you through pictures. Pictures of amazing sunsets, beaches, waterfalls, and mountains. Pictures of adorable kids making silly faces. Pictures of me, simply smiling. But even then it would not suffice. This past year has been incredible.… Continue reading »

Oct
17

Cambiare Cafe

At my NGO I organized a Youth Coffeehouse Performance. We converted one of our school rooms into a “cafe” for the day and sold coffee, baked goods, and had live music from the youth in my community. Our cafe was called, “Cambiare Cafe,” which comes from the name of our music program, Cambiare Kabataan. Cambiare… Continue reading »

Aug
23

Bentures

When I was little, my older sister and I were the best of buddies. We used to go on what we called, “bentures.” It was a chance to have exciting adventures, all within the comfort of our house or neighborhood playground. Our “bentures” were of course always highly exciting. When we decided that it was… Continue reading »

Mar
20

Projects and Dreams…

For those curious as to what I do at work these are my three basic areas:     I help with a youth organization called Winners where we go to the local high schools and teach after school life skills classes. It’s really more of a club. Sessions include a variety of topics such as… Continue reading »

Jan
07

Dream Deep

For the past couple years I have written blog entries about my goals in life and where I hope to head in the future. You can read them here if you want: “The List” (Sept 2008) “25” (Jan 2010) It is interesting to go back through them and see how I’ve changed along the way,… Continue reading »

Jan
03

25

So I’m sitting here in Starbucks trying to figure out my life (haha good luck with that) and I decided to write down my life goals. Then I remembered an earlier blog entry I wrote called “The List.” I made it about a year and a half ago about the goals, silly and serious, that… Continue reading »

Sep
02

The List

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what I’d like to do with my life.  I don’t have it all figured out but there’s always the little (sometimes silly) things I want to do. You know those stupid things you might never do but think it would be fun to imagine anyway…like opening up a cupcake shop… Continue reading »