Sometimes people ask me what sparked my interest in writing, or whether I was interested in writing before my English class with teacher Erin Gruwell? As a child, I used to play by myself for…
Read MoreSometimes people ask me, "After that fortuitous park bench encounter with Martin Stokes, how did I maintain the motivation to keep working hard, to push away the despair and keep it from pulling me in…
Read MoreI began this PhD journey in 2010, and have kept at it all these years, taking one course a semester so I could continue to speak around the world. Well, I'm not quite finished yet…
Read MoreSomeone recently asked me, "Before your encounter with the stranger on the park bench, what would you say were the main causes of your lack of interest in school? Was it primarily due to an…
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