When I started blogging in 2018, I believe my goal was to document positivity and growth while learning how to live with Fibromyalgia. I feel that my blog is evolving, just as I am as a writer. I was an avid writer and wished to go to college/university to take some form of writing programming. I dreamed that I could be a journalist or novelist, before my experience in an intimate partner violence relationship. ​When you are reading my blog & my articles, I have changed the names of the people who have had influences in my life. Former boyfriends (or people who abused me) have Dodgers names, and friends have musician names; couples have rock and roll couple names and mutual friends have bandmates names.
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The fourth wave of feminism, the Me Too movement, and other social issues lead me to start Her Story. Ever since I launched this project in 2020, I have experienced a mental health breakdown (or two); slowly I am learning about the life I was given, see the experiences I survived with new eyes, and picking up what I am and becoming the person I always dreamt about. That person is a writer. Starting this summer, I am pursuing my dream of earning my certificate in creative writing;
 
I recently unboxed a dream that I had shelved since 1997 when I dropped out of the writer's club, days after I was nominated as president for my senior year. The following month, I didn't even apply to any of the college programs I had dreamed about. I had even customized my high school curriculum to fast track my language credits so I could graduate in four years instead of five with the courses I needed for journalism or creative writing. I was throwing my dreams away for a miserable relationship and during a time of chaos and mental health crisis. 

I started Western University's creative writing continuing education certification program this summer. My first course is blogging. I am building my skills and beginning to work on better blogging practices. My main goal is to unlock some writer's block that I have encountered for decades and write a memoir. Some of my short stories are available.