I am asked more often than I thought I would be how I got to where I am today. It’s a position I wouldn’t have believed I’d be in ten years ago. When I was nineteen, I was close to...
Encouraging/Empowering Others
Reflect, Claim Our Space, and Power On!
For me, growing up was a series of realizations about the things that I ‘could not’ do, merely because I am a girl. And while my relative privilege allowed me to get an education, start...
Are You Holding Back?
My daughter has been applying for summer camp counsellor jobs. She’s been a camp counsellor the last three summers, in addition to being a lifeguard and swim instructor during the school...
Puterea Educației Sexuale
Am 28 de ani și am crescut în București, capitala României, o țară din estul Europei care tocmai scăpase de comunism, cu un an înainte să mă nasc. Viață părinților mei a fost...
The Power of Sexuality Education
I am 28 years old and I grew up in Bucharest, the capital city of Romania, an Eastern European country that got rid of communism the year before I was born. My parents’ life was...
Being A Young Lesbian
Being a lesbian is the best thing that has ever happened to me. I wish I could have imagined this possibility when I was younger, because when I was 11 or 12 years old, all I knew about...
Ser una lesbiana joven
Ser lesbiana es lo mejor que me ha pasado en la vida. Desearía haber imaginado esa posibilidad cuando era más joven porque cuando tenía 11 o 12 años, todo lo que sabía de lesbianas...
The Character of Disability
Having been born with a physical disability in the late 70’s my future was already decided by the doctors, occupational therapists, the education department… to them it...
Suicide… Ending a book that isnt over yet
This subject is a touchy one but I can’t seem to get it out of my head. I have clinical depression, anxiety and have personally been through it all. When I say all…I’m...
The Power Of Everyday Heroes
You have no idea of your power to influence. It’s often the smallest acts that make the biggest difference. My story is of how a child survives (and goes onto thrive) when the system...