I Was Just, Like, Not At All

My Mamá Grande, A Tiny Mayan Woman, Took Me Aside When I Was An Adolescent And Told Me Several Things That Didn't Make A Bit Of Sense To My Young And Inattentive Ears, And As Young People Tend To Waste All Attempts Of Our Elders To Relay To Us Wisdom Accumulated Over The Decades, I Thought My Mamá Grande Had A Few Mice In The Attic.

I Feel That It's Very Important For Young People To Have A Sense Of History And Do Research And Don't Re-invent The Wheel And Don't Think That You're The First Martyr To Discover Social Injustice But To Take Advantage Of Previous Generations Of Activists And Find Out What They Did And How They Resolved Things.

The Man You Love Cooking For You Is Good For You Too.

I'm Obviously An American Citizen. My Parents Are American Citizens. But I'm Not Looked At As An American.

Whatever It Is That People Find That They Want To Work On They Also Have To Remember That They Are Human Beings And They Need To Save Some Time For Themselves For Personal Growth, For Mental Health, For Their Families, Their Loved Ones So That They Will Have The Strength To Continue Doing That Work.