Donald Trump’s picks for his cabinet are quite alarming, and I find myself bouncing between disbelief and fear. First and foremost, he has chosen Betsy DeVos as his Education Secretary. Ms. DeVos never attended public school and her children did not attend public school. She is not an educator, and her only ties to education …
I am thrilled to share that I have been nominated for two Pushcart Prizes this year! Pushcart Prizes are given to writings in literary journals and small presses. My poem “Broken Egg” was just recently published in Whale Road Review, and the journal has nominated this poem for a Pushcart! Read “Broken Egg” here. Also, …
What boggles my mind about this election is that we had a candidate who had no qualifications, no experience, could not explain any ideologies or plans in detail, had a brash, uncontrollable disposition, openly mocked a disabled person, and crassly spoke of women as objects. We had another candidate who was qualified, experienced, understood international …
Because I have dedicated my life to “the others” of America. The immigrants and refugees. The Muslims and the Coptic Christians. The students who arrive to school on Day 1 with no English and are terrified. As an ESL teacher, I have spent day after day and year after year with a group of people …
I woke up last Sunday, and for whatever reason, the phrase “Blessed are the poor in heart” leaped into my mind. I felt poor in heart for so many reasons. I looked up the Beatitudes. It turns out that phrase is not in the Beatitudes. I was mixing up these two: Blessed are the poor …
