Watch the 5 Minutes From Home video from Stephen Curry here I started my day by watching various funny YouTube videos today. But one, which was not entirely funny, really spoke to me I watched a video from Stephen Curry's YouTube series 5 Minutes from Home. In this series Curry hosts guests as they ride... Continue Reading →
Finding Inspiration in Vincent Van Gogh
(All information gathered for this post came from the Van Gogh Museum). Happy Birthday, Vincent Van Gogh! Gogh was born today (March 30) in 1853. I was going to write about Van Gogh's life at first, but I thought it too generic of a post. Instead, I have decided to focus my writing on what... Continue Reading →
March for Our Lives 2018
It's a controversial issues in the United States: gun control. Of course this is what the marches are about today all across the United States I was going to talk about the issue of gun control, but then I thought why? Majority of people know about the issue, know a little about each "side" of... Continue Reading →
Stories Untold (in honor of Black History Month)
It must have been a couple years ago. I was in a meeting with fellow colleagues discussing our Fellow nominations. Each year my place of work hosts a gala and honors pioneers of computing history. This has been going on for decades and a visitor can see a wall filled with pictures of past Fellow... Continue Reading →
Advocacy in 2017 and Beyond
2017 saw the end of a major advocacy chapter for me. This past year I stepped down as the president of the ActiveMinds Club at West Valley College. This is a mental health club on campus in which I had been the president for the last three years. I am happy to say that I... Continue Reading →
What You Need to Understand…
There are to many things I wished that people understood about my mental health and mental health in general. If I had to focus on one thing it would be that I hope EVERYONE would realized that they, and others, are not define by mental illness. A person is so much more than a mental... Continue Reading →
Mental Health Awareness Week
This week (Oct 1 to Oct 7) is mental health awareness week. This is an important week to raise awareness around mental health and other issues that are related. Though more information is known about mental illness, people who suffer are often misunderstood and defined by their illness. Each day this week Each Mind Matters... Continue Reading →