I can detect the scent all the time. The apartment stinks. The building stinks anyway – apartment blocks usually do. […]
Sampler of Stories
A rotating collection of past stories…

My mom. My hero.
Strong. Humble. Powerful. Courageous. Brave. Independent. Hard-working. These are the words that come to my mind when I think about […]

Keep Telling Your Story
VIDEO: Esenam Nyador reminds us that it is our right to share story and important that tell it ourself, and […]

Stories Lift Us Up
VIDEO: Margaret Kyakunda Mubanda talks with Elisa Gambino, One Production Place, about #ThePowerOfStories to lift us up, to educate and […]

“Bringing Life to These Issues”
VIDEO: Jama Jack, of Think Young Women in the Gambia, talks with Elisa Gambino, One Production Place, about the power […]

In Bloom Not Broken – Mental Health
I have suffered with mental illness for most of my life starting with self harm and depression at the age […]

What Makes you Vulnerable Makes you Beautiful
We learned about it in grade school when we were astonished to see a caterpillar turn into a butterfly. How […]

Learning to love myself
Growing up I watched my mom deal with low self-esteem issues and I believe because of that, she didn’t teach […]