Resolution #11 – Reading List

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I am a book lover.  As a kid I would get lost in books, characters and places that would transport me out of my fifth floor apartment and into a world that was better than mine. For the better part of my childhood and into my adult years reading was my escape, I had this [...]

Resolution #2 Making A Change

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So it’s a new year and I have decided to change from the inside out. I have made a pact with myself to eat healthier and radically change my diet. I grew up in a predominantly Latino neighborhood in Manhattan and was exposed to typical Latino/Dominican cooking. Stews, fried plantains, yucca, pernil, and tons of [...]

Resolution #13 – Bucket List

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Creating a list of things to accomplish in my life with my family has been something that I have always wanted to put together but never made the time for.  I never made the time out to create the list because I don’t think I wanted to face the lack of accomplishments in my life. [...]

New Year New Perspective

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Now that a New Year has begun, I have decided to create a resolutions/goals list is in order for me to get myself back on track and seeing the bigger picture. Over the past few months I have felt like I have lost my vision and perspective of what is truly important.  I have been [...]

My Social Media Goals For 2012

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With a new year comes new opportunities to do away with those regrets, wrong choices made and a second chance to rethink those moments missed out on. For me, my goals will be an extension of what I worked on last year.  Last year I what my true value was and found out who I [...]

On Being Latina Smart

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With exactly a week left before we bid 2011 adieu, I wanted to share the amazing experience I had as a Latina Smart Ambassador for the past few months.  After being selected to be an Ambassador, my job (along with the other Latina Smart Ambassadors) was to judge a scholarship fund that would award $25,000 [...]

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