East Bay Maternity and Newborn Photographer

Finding myself taken aback by the performative activism of my peers and disillusioned with how the media was portraying the atrocities committed by our police, I decided I needed to immerse myself in the literature, conversations with fellow educators, family and friends. My time away was for myriad reasons, namely that I needed that time unhindered by outside and undue influence, to interrogate and investigate the movements facing our world right now, my place in it, the historical and social implications, and where we go from here.

I am a lifelong learner. I often take classes at my local community college and when I want to know more about something, I either find a good podcast, or a good book. 2019 was a great year for reading – I read a few memoirs and a few novels – but I really got into some books that got my creative juices going last year and I thought I would share my takeaways!