A poem and painting reflecting our ties to our childhood and the complexity of growing up.
Colors of Youth
Creative Nonfiction
Slang culture: an immigrant teen’s arch nemesis
Can slang culture even impact an immigrant teen at all?
Deconstructed
Welcome to deconstructed. — fostering a community that draws attention to mental health through creative writing and art & resources for marginalized groups.
Modern Day Princess
Not every fairytale is as obvious as the ones we see on our TV screens. And not all princesses get their happy ever after.
Where To?
Desire. Loss. And then what? The poem weaves those ideas together.
My Dear Friend Writing
This piece is about my relationship with writing, and how my life has changed since I was first introduced to it.
I’m Not Hungry
This piece was based on an experience I had a few years ago with a boy who constantly commented on my body and weight, and my journey in separating how he defined me with how I saw myself. There were a lot of things I had to say about this relationship, and I had to experiment a lot with the flow and format of the story.
Where Love Grows
A glimpse of how my best friend and grandfather molded me into the woman I am today as we bond in our backyard garden filled with a cornucopia of vegetables and a sense of community.
the stars in disarray
When you meet someone over a writing platform and fate encourages you to share your socials to get closer, the relationship does not become as fruitful as you want it to be.
Paris: City of Love!
We have this funny little idea that romance completes things. I had this idea while studying abroad in Paris this summer. And when romance didn’t magically appear I decided to look for it.
We Slink into the Wilderness
This piece chronicles a drive upstate across the Taconic, feeling each bend in the road, looking for familiar trees out of my window.
Light-bulb
Note: Even if you’re like me and prefer to read the ending first, surprise! There’s no ending and you’ll still be as curious as when you started.
In Flux
You are slowly becoming the person you always wanted to be.
Uncle (Let’s Say) Bob
I fought off my first monster at age five.