Category: Other
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Why Romeo Santos?

From middle school until the end of college, I was fiercely committed to being an uneducated but passionate music snob. If it was on the radio, it wasn’t good music. It was part of my core identity for a long time and carried me most strongly during the years immediately after high school. I never…
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Why imposter syndrom?

I have a vague memory of my high school English teacher telling us to never start an essay with a definition but she’s not here to give me a grade and this isn’t an essay. I had to google imposter syndrome before I started writing and my findings confirmed what I suspected, that imposter syndrome…
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Why dogs?

I just finished week 12 of my coding program, so I am officially halfway done. I’ve had a lot of emotions from crying, pulling my hair out frustration to elation that something finally actually works. I’ve been mostly totally overwhelmed sprinkled with fleeting moments of hey, I think I can actually do this. I have the…
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Why do I dance?

I’m really, really tired. I went to a dance congress this weekend, and in the past 60 hours (two and a half days), I was dancing for 35 of them. That’s 14 hours per day. I also learned a choreography, thought about quitting, performed it, helped teach a class, got a dance massage whatever the…