In that liminal space before the new year, I hope you find time to rest and breathe 🕯️

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Got this amazing hoodie for Xmas! 🤘🏼

Santa’s helper 🎅🏼

I’m begging y’all to see that this is not merely a money grab. Ending SAVE & loan forgiveness + Capping loans for non “professional” degrees + Cutting research funding for unis + Abolishing DEI and affirmative action + Garnishing wages for loan borrowers + Closing the DEPARTMENT OF ED…

I added a few more books and supplies to our class wishlist for those still looking to support my new school for refugees and immigrants 📚🙏🏽

Refugees welcome. Always.

Carlos and Maria are back and ready to help us start our new school for #refugees and #immigrants 🎭 English classes start in January and are free to all newcomer NYS residents 18+ DM me for more info or if you’re interested in volunteering with us!

Today is International Migrants Day, a day to honor the dignity, courage, and resilience of migrants around the world. Migrants strengthen our communities, our economy and our culture. Yet many face violence, exploitation, and policies designed to deny safety and opportunity...

The horrors persist, but so do the horrors wait

Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who has purchased things off my class wishlist! My refugee students are going to LOVE these items! 🥰

Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."

Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.

Hi friends! As you may know, I recently was hired to start a new school to teach English to refugees and immigrants in our area. We open our doors January 1st, and could really use a few basic supplies to get started. If you could please share our class wishlist 🙏🏽 www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

Immigrants are reporting being held in a 2x2 cage in the Florida sun, hands and feet shackled to the ground. Want to imagine what that’s like? Crawl under your coffee table. Now imagine being held there, unable to move, no food or water or bathroom for 24 hours in blistering heat. This is torture.

They’re calling Calibri a “woke font” now. Bro, have you even seen Wingdings? 😂

Hi friends! As you may know, I recently was hired to start a new school to teach English to refugees and immigrants in our area. We open our doors January 1st, and could really use a few basic supplies to get started. If you could please share our class wishlist 🙏🏽 www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

New author goal achieved 🏆 a friend made me a plushie of Mbói Tu’ĩ - one of the Seven Legendary Monsters from my book! Mbói Tu’ĩ is said to be part parrot 🦜 part snake 🐍 and is the guardian of wetlands and aquatic creatures.

It’s too cold for this today. Can I just go back to bed?

They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.

Mood af 😂

Seeing my book in readers’ hands makes me so unbelievably happy 🥹

I start a new job tomorrow! Wish me luck! 🤞🏽

The era we are living in offers too many illustrations of greed, narcissism, and hatefulness. But I still believe we can recommit ourselves to serving the common good of all Americans. [Artwork by Jennifer Bloomer]

Have you read SEVEN LEGENDARY MONSTERS yet? Don’t forget to leave a review! Reviews help boost visibility on major retailers and review sites. If you want a complete list of websites, DM me 🙏🏽

I got to meet a lovely member of my publishing team at Revolutionaries Press yesterday! Thanks for coming out to support me, Pooja! 🫂

Here at the Connecticut Book Festival all day! Come find me! 📚

The irony that the Department of Education no longer considers (wait for it) EDUCATION (no, really) a professional degree… We are truly living in an idiocracy.

See you Saturday, Connecticut! 📚

Teacher demo lessons be like: Here, take this unit that normally takes a week to teach. Now turn it into a 45 min lesson, but you’ll only have 20 minutes to teach it. You’ll be in the room with 30 strange kids and five school administrators. They’ll all be judging you. Good luck!

Something different… 💇🏽‍♀️

Epstein survivors just dropped a powerful message for Congress, and it hits like a warning: no more waiting, the truth is coming, ready or not. Watch till the end @housedemocrats.bsky.social @houserepublicans.bsky.social

Paraguay 🇵🇾 presente en la Feria del Libro Latino de Springfield, MA

There will be a lot of horrific takes resulting from the release of these docs over the next few days/weeks, not the least of which being the victim-blaming that we’re already seeing. Survivors, please take care of yourselves. Log off if you need to. I know I will be spending less time on here.

Hope to see you Saturday at the Springfield Latino Book Fair! 📚 Location: Springfield Union Station Springfield, Mass Time: 10am-5pm ¡Nos vemos pronto!

Begging all the people who loved the new Frankenstein to read SEVEN LEGENDARY MONSTERS. Please. You will love it. 🙏🏽

I could write an essay about the parallels between the new Frankenstein and SEVEN LEGENDARY MONSTERS, but it all boils down to one key idea— Monsters are not born. They are created through suffering and rejection. Elizabeth and Keraná are both deeply compassionate characters who see the humanity…

I hear there’s been a jewel heist… How suspicious 😏

Today! Hope to see you there, 518 friends!

On my way to ruin the workplace. Anyone need anything?

Some DIY cosplay 🕵🏻 in the works! Can you guess who it will be?

Six - SEVEN Legendary Monsters! Did I do it right? 😂

Do you feel that? That’s hope 🥹

Reminder that it’s not just the big elections that matter! For example, our town is voting on whether or not to increase the local library budget (heck yes!). Make sure you get out there and vote today!

If you’re wondering what job searching is like right now– I applied for a job back in July. Got an interview. Nailed it. Went into hiring process. Then radio silence for 3 months. Last week, they asked me to come in for another interview (?) set for tomorrow. Today they emailed…

TODAY! 🎉 Hope to see you online!

It’s that time again ⏰

Ghosts of Halloweens past 🎃

Looking for a Halloween read? Look no further! Steeped in indigenous horror and told from the perspective of the monsters themselves, SEVEN LEGENDARY MONSTERS explores the duality of good and evil, the weight of curses, and the enduring power of sacrifice.