When I was about six or seven, I remember my father sitting the family down over breakfast. He said, “We’re going to start saying ‘love you’.” He had gotten this idea after hearing his Caucasian coworker saying this term of endearment to someone on the phone before hanging up. Looking…

I’ve been writing to myself since 2018. Picking up writing has been one of the best ways to reflect, stop time, and align myself on what truly matters to me. I write letters to myself because I know she’s evolving. Emily every day is changing, but at her core, she’s…

Unlearn your misconceptions and do the damn research Repeat after me: I can land a job in tech without being technical Find someone who has the type of job you’re interested in, and politely ask for a virtual or IRL coffee chat — do that well Networking and Referrals are…

[Written in bed] The past few days have been pretty brutal. A irritating throat itch began on Saturday, but I tested negative for covid. …

Here’s a series of curated essays from amazing people in my life. 20s is a period of being bold, self discovery, and saying yes to new opportunities. (I say “nope” a bit more in my 30s). Surround yourself with positive energy. Know that people will move in and out of…

I don’t know why, but as I’m sitting here on the wooden floors of my bedroom with a cup of tea in hand, I’m having a moment. I’m slowly packing to visit home in November, and found clothes I haven’t worn in two years. Due to the humid and warm…

She was the sun enveloping you with warmth a tender touch on your hand and a familiar note in the air lingering and faint that kind of love would embrace you pulling in the gravity of the planets and moving the stars to wipe the sky black everything she touched would…

Learn to be alone. You’ll feel lonely sometimes, but learning to be alone and finding solace in yourself is important. Things that will help are journaling, venturing into nature, taking the time to think and feel, and doing things that help feed your soul. …

In the laidback, beach-bordering suburbia of Torrance, I spent a lot of my time outside in the backyard tending to my small garden of tomato plants, carrots, corn, and lime trees. I was a 90s baby, and the early 2000s was my childhood. TV time was limited if any, and…