How I went from Special Ed teacher to working in IT to teaching AWS on LinkedIn Learning & becoming an AWS Community Leader.
All posts tagged Arteriovenous Malformation
Letter to a 21 Year-Old Me
9 years ago, I experienced my first Seizure. Today, I write a letter to my 21-year-old self, who has no idea what is coming.
Four Things I Learned When I Faced Death
I’m constantly running a race against myself and my body. Against my brain, my disabilities, my fate, whatever it may be. Ever since that fateful day, 8 years ago, I’ve been running a race against time, living on what I perceive to be “borrowed time.”
2018: The Year of Unexpected Beginnings
2018. What can I say, except wow. It was a year of many many unexpected beginnings, trials, and impact on my identity as a person. I said Yes to many things, and No to others, and being able to realize my boundaries and limitations have allowed me to find myself in situations that I couldn’t…
On Facing Death, 7 Years Later
On December 7th, 2011, my family woke up before dawn and began getting ready to step out into the darkness. My father, my mother, and I rode in relative silence on the 30 minute drive to Baltimore from our house. Usually, there is traffic, but so early in the morning, there were barely any cars…
I’m a Writer at the INSIDER!
Seizures can happen to anyone. According to a study published by researchers at the CDC, almost 1 in 100 people has active epilepsy. Seizures can also happen to people who do not have seizure disorder or epilepsy. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 1 in 10 people has had a seizure. Movies portray…
The Bridge, the Walk, the Beach: Week in San Francisco
In the beginning of May, my boyfriend and I flew in to San Francisco for a week to participate in 13th Annual Aneurysm and AVM Awareness Walk. As many of you know, I am an Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM) Survivor, a topic I write about on this blog semi-frequently. Every May, The Aneurysm and AVM Foundation,…
April Nineteenth Two Thousand Eleven
When I first came to, it was as though I was floating up to the surface of a pool. I felt weightless, slowly being pulled up into the world of the living from the soundless depths of water. I wanted to go back. It was so peaceful down there. So dark and peaceful. Here… Here was…
New Year’s Reflection: Slow Down
Living in the chaos that is New York City, breathing the cold, dry winter air, and tumbling around on the subway in rush hour with millions of others, it is often jarring to come to a sudden stop, look around, and realize where I am. What am I doing? Where am I going in such…
Baby’s First Ever #Hackathon!
October was a rush and a blur. I did many things in the past month, but as the title suggests, one of the biggest “wins” was that I participated in my first ever Hackathon! (As a matter of fact, I participated in TWO!) I have also been working on the #100DaysOfCode Challenge, along with beginning my #3090FitnessChallenge…