I finally read and responded to all of the comments on my blog posts from the last nine days of this challenge. I loved reading everyone’s words and the care with which everyone commented on my posts. It reaffirmed the importance of feedback. Of what it feels like to have your words “seen” and “heard”… Read more

I just submitted some writing that was proving to be more of a challenge than I initially anticipated. It gave me a headache. It frustrated me. It shook my self-confidence. Until tonight. When I had a breakthrough and finished writing. I think it was because I persevered. It was also because I wanted to prove… Read more

I am overwhelmed with the emails that flood my inbox on a daily basis. Every email that comes in with a new and improved way to teach math isn’t all it’s cracked up be. If I am honest with myself only a fraction of what I receive each day is worth my time. So, yes,… Read more

There are so many ideas and emotions swirling around in my head today. I don’t know which one to focus on. As a white, Latinx teacher, I think a lot about what it means to be antiracist. I know there is a lot of work still to be done within the Latinx community around this… Read more

The blank page is daunting. Even when I walk away. Do something else. Live in the moment. Still, the blank page taunts me. Plays with my patience. Laughs in my face. Calls me back anyway, like I knew it would. And I oblige. I come back not just because I’m committed to writing every day.… Read more

There is a conversation happening among teachers in some places. The topic is controversial, but only if you think the conversation is intended to censor you. To silence you. To tender you culpable. To question your professional decisions and choices, rather than to elevate and uplift non-white voices. If you can get beyond your own… Read more

Today was a good day. Today I connected with more kids. Today I became known in our online class for certain things I say, like “newsflash”, “peeps”, and “Of course, I’m muted!” Today we laughed. Today we worked hard. Yes, we worked hard in our online space. Today I am tired. But it’s a good… Read more

Some days, like today, I feel exhausted. Some days, like today, I think that I just can’t do this all over again tomorrow. And the next day. And the day after that. Some days, like today, all I want to do is watch Netflix for hours at a time. Some days, like today, I am… Read more

Last year I wasn’t able to participate in the Slice of Life March Challenge because I was recovering from cancer treatment. Not only wasn’t I able to sustain something as taxing as writing and sharing every day, but I was barely able to read or write much of anything. And, I wasn’t eating a whole… Read more

In April, it will be a year since my mom passed away. This week my brother and I sold her condo in Miami. My brother has promised to send me some pictures and other things he found when he cleaned her apartment to get it ready to sell. I can imagine the pictures that he… Read more