Raíces y Razón — Journal | Reflections

I read somewhere that women are the most visible servicemembers and the most invisible veterans. I joined the military in 2008 and closed that chapter ten years later. And I have to be honest with you; it wasn't an easy transition. In the military, we constantly get reminded we are the 1% who chose to serve, and I always wondered, of that 1% who are Latinas, and who among them are first-gen? When I joined, it was like assimilating all over again while holding on to unresolved trauma and then piling on more of it while trying to function. Since...

2021 started out rough. I was feeling overworked, depressed and undervalued. Not only was I working on Cadena, I had a full time job and dealing with COVID-blues after a year of stolen travel, stolen time with loved ones and so many other stolen adventures I had planned. Pero como dice el dicho, “uno pone, y Dios dispone.” So with that saying in mind I decided to go all in on Cadena and let the universe and God do the decision making for me. The deal was - I’d do the work (as hard as I could) and if it...