“Grief is like the ocean; it comes on waves ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim.” –Vicki Harrison My worst fear as a teacher is not that my students would fail or that I would fail…

“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” — Oprah Winfrey In my previous posts, I’ve shared how gratitude has helped me with rediscovering myself and my healing process. …

I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly. — Oprah Winfrey When I decided to uproot my life and move to the other side of the world, I never would’ve envisioned my life as it is now. As someone…

I recently watched The Farewell with Crazy Rich Asians’ actress Awkwafina, and it was beyond all of my expectations. In fact, it shattered my expectations and built a whole new level of what a great movie should be. …

In the midst of the Presidential Election, the topics of gun violence, criminal justice reform, and education has been on my mind, and I want to re-post something I wrote in my first year teaching. …

Let’s talk about mental health. I live a fast pace life and it may seem like I never really stop. The truth is that sometimes, I stay busy to keep myself from thinking about my real problems. I tend to put on a mask and hideaway by stacking my to-do list. But over the years…

“Can I make a reservation for 6 people for tomorrow at 7pm, please?” I politely asked over the phone. “Hold on a second miss. Because we are almost full, I will check for you. Can I have your name please?” “Jessica.” Several seconds go by before I hear the host’s…

Last Friday reminded me of why I love teaching. I don’t have these days often, but when I do, it refuels my love and my passion. In my 6th grade class, we were listening to a speech by Rosie King, a girl with autism who has made it her…

“It’s so difficult to describe depression to someone who’s never been there, because it’s not sadness. I know sadness. Sadness is to cry and to feel. But it’s that cold absence of feeling — that really hollowed-out feeling.” — J.K. Rowling For a very long time, I suffered from severe…