Category: My Story
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My Mental Health Journey
That title should have (so far) in parenthesis after it. I will always be in my mental health journey. Anyway, let’s rewind to a bit closer to the beginning of it though. I’ve had anxiety since I was very little. One of the youngest instances I remember it blatantly was in 3rd grade when I…
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Before you die, live
“Antes de morir, vive” My dad wrote that to me once years ago. Never in a million years did either of us imagine it would one day resonate so much with me that I’d get it permanently marked on myself in his handwriting, but losing him has taught me a lot of raw realities about…
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Made by Immigrants
Fancy finding you here in my corner of the internet! My name is Esmeralda, but my friends call me Es : ) I am the proud daughter of Colombian immigrants and a first-gen American. Mi Pa was born & raised in Medellín, Colombia, he’s one of 6 (all of whom also made it to the…