The Gap Year Decision

Recently, I have been struggling a lot with my decision on moving abroad to Italy. Not Italy per say, not the experiences I have been living, the people I have been meeting nor the life that I am constructing... but exactly that, because I am in the midst of a new life that I am …

2021: A Year of Lessons and Changes

TW: Sexual Assault I don't know how many times I have written, "if you would have told me I would be here x (amount of time ago), I would have never believed you." There is no other way that I can think about starting this post, because a year ago, I never actually believed that …

My Voice: Hummingbird

Part II Trigger warning: Sexual Assault "It is how you live with it and what you do with what happened to you that will define you."A close family member's advice Each sexual assault survivor has their own way of living with what happened to them, and I am here for all of them. The ones …

My Voice: Pen and Paper

Part I Trigger Waring: Sexual Assault When I was little, I always wanted to be a writer.  Writing helped me through some difficult times. As the stress of adulting started to build and bills needed to be paid, I left that passion behind me. I highly regret that because during some of the most chaotic …

My Narrative

“I won’t stay quiet because staying silent is the same as dying.” - Dua Lipa  *Trigger warning: Sexual assault* It has taken years for me to sit down and write what you are about to read.  There is no perfect time to write this rendition of events. I am already part of the percentage of …