The importance of literacy can’t be stressed enough. On my lunch break for four years, I visited my mentee at the Adolescent Parenting Program. She complained about her relationship with her father and how he had no idea how she felt as a teen mother. She had read my first book, Life After Birth: A […]
When I set out to write my memoir, my purpose was simply to help teen mothers with their lives. I wanted to share life skills to help them be successful in spite of being teen parents. Then many other people started reading it, and I realized that my story, my book, were supposed to give […]
I was shocked by the immediate interest of students in reading my first book, Life After Birth: A Memoir of Survival and Success as a Teenage Mother. Then I learned teachers were actually using it to help students improve literacy. First, an educator asked me if I had a curriculum to accompany the book. I […]
What is Literacy After publishing my first book, Life After Birth- A Memoir of Survival and Success a Teenage Mother, I was amazed by how many students and educators were reading my story. A 5th grade guidance counselor told me that her students looked forward to their time reading my book and that it was […]
Okay, I can admit it. I cried. If you’re a parent, do you remember the first time you held your child? You’d waited months for that moment to see and hold that “thing” that had just been an idea or how it would actually look and feel was unknown. If you’re not a parent, you […]
When I published my first book, Life After Birth- A Memoir of Survival and Success as a Teenage Mother I had no idea the impact it would have on students and adults. I was just telling my story. And I had no idea that people all over the world would be reading my story including […]
When I was asked to issue an official statement on the racial injustices many African Americans are currently facing and have for too long, I was ready. I didn’t know what I would say and could barely verbalize how hurt. And even afraid I felt, but I had to say something. In the past […]
This morning when I woke up I followed my new normal routine. I drank a 32-ounce bottle of water with my favorite energy powder added, put on workout clothes, and headed out the door for a 3-mile walk/run. That’s what gives me the energy I need for a good, long work day. Which is what […]
Because of the meaning of my birthday (much more than me being born), I always try to do something significant on my birthday. And write about it. Like for all the people who canceled birthday plans- and wedding plans, graduation plans, trips, and so much more. I had to rethink what I was going to […]
