Things I Didn’t Know I Needed for Yacht Week

September 28, 2017.Reading time 7 minutes.

There was a lot of preparation involved in getting myself together for Yacht Week. I read countless blogs and talked with my crew almost daily. I found that some things came down to minute details, and I did not always catch them. Luckily with seven other people traveling with me, we generally had all of […]

15 Tips from my Cuban Adventure

July 6, 2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

When the embargo from Cuba was lifted for the United States under the Obama Administration many folks, self included, were extremely excited about the prospect of seeing the Havana and stepping back into the 50s while collecting rum and Cuban cigars. Last week I had the good fortune of being able to actually visit Havana […]

8 Years a Traveler

March 7, 2017.Reading time 5 minutes.

I officially traveled abroad at a year old. My parents thought it was a good idea to take me to Mexico with them and my California cousin and her husband. No passport, wearing diapers across the boarder. There are pictures. I don’t consider this my introduction to the jetsetter life though. My mother made sure […]

Yezzy Taught Me: Channeling Kanye on the Way to Myself

September 24, 2015.Reading time 6 minutes.

This semester has gotten off to a rough start; let’s begin there. For the last year, maybe, I have been trying to work through a severe fatigue preventing me from being as productive as I would like to be, as well as really wondering whether this is a life that I am cut out for. […]

Drinking White Tears For Breakfast: A Reflection of White Privilege from Black Eyes

September 24, 2015.Reading time 10 minutes.

As my sort of subtitle suggests, I am addressing what it means to observe and navigate white privilege from my particular black point of view. This particular story begins on the first day of school and a BuzzFeed article. First days of school do not hold the same amount of excitement now that I am […]