I was born in Richmond CA. and raised in the San Pablo/Pinole area for the rest of my childhood. I had a great-aunt and uncle who raised me and three other siblings from when we were all babies. Our mother and father had drug addictions for as long as I can remember. I am the second oldest daughter on my mother’s side out of five kids and one of the twelve kids on my father’s side. I was always close to my siblings on my mother’s side as we were raised together but on my father’s side it is a different story. Right now my siblings and I from my mother’s side are apart from each other but every blue moon we keep in touch. My mother is still deep in her addiction and my father has re-married and is doing wonderful with my beautiful step-mother.
The reason why I write poetry is because as child I felt like I didn’t have a voice or someone to talk to. So poetry is my outlet. The type of poetry that I write is anything from what is going on in my life to what is going on in the world. I was a foster child or I guess you can say a relative was granted guardianship of me and my siblings. I want my poetry to reach some of the foster kids out there who were or still is in my shoes. I want them to know that they are not alone.
What I want my poetry to do is, touch everyone on spiritual and personal level. When I gave my life to God it was at the age of 15 after my uncle who raised me as a father passed. It was one of the hardest things a young teenager can ever go through. As I am telling my story it is very hard for me to hold back the tears that I have being holding in for a long time. I want my story to reach a teen or a adult in their darkest moments and let them know that everything is going to be ok when they give their lives to God. I am openly gay, but I still believe in God with all my heart. I wasn’t born to be gay but I am proud of my decision for being myself.
My heart, spirit, and soul are in my poetry and that is the only thing I want people to see.
