❄️W I N T E R❄️ Happy New Year y’all! Here we are at the beginning of a new year, and I promise I’m not going to ask you what your new...

Date tu puesto en esta vida! This is a Spanish expression that my grandmother used to say. The loose translation is “claim your place in this life!” But it's the message, the meaning of these words that matters. Old-school Hip-Hop culture coined the term TURFing , which was an acronym for Taking Up Room on the Floor . You’ll likely also recognize Work it, own it! and more recently Do You, boo! All of these are expressions from different cultures, languages and generations,

But for the grace of God go I. I know not the details of their circumstances; what brought them to this place on their journey, but I do know it could easily be me in their situation. They are my brothers and sisters. We are no better, no greater, no wealthier than the most destitute among us; no luckier than the most unfortunate. One of the many gifts of wisdom my dad imparted was our obligation to humanity. It was his belief, and one he passed to me, that it is our duty to

You know that unmistakeable feeling in your gut you can’t quite shake, that pushes and nudges at you? The one you can't ignore no matter how hard you try? The one urging you not to go through with something you know is wrong... The one keeping you awake at night because you didn’t give someone a chance... The one pushing you to be brave enough to do or say the unpopular thing, because you know it’s the RIGHT thing ... That’s your gut talking, your voice of wisdom, your in