Dia-ar-te - DiA

When people ask me where I am from I am puzzled because I am many people and many places. I am more than two cultures blended and reconciled. But don't you be fooled, I say because wherever I go I carry the bright colors of the beautiful city that sheltered my childhood, my native Guayaquil #PerlaDelPacifico. Here at el #Malecon2000 a few years ago. #Ecuayorker #TransnationalChild

Happy Birthday to one of my many Feminist icons Bell Hooks!🙌🏽💕 @femalecollective

Celia Cruz

“Because to suffer for love is good. The pain all sweet somehow. In the end.”

-Sandra Cisneros [[Woman Hollering Creek]]

Truth seen at MCAD. By Jonathan Herrera: http://www.phabiocrafty.com

Spreading the truth!  "My paintings are made to cause pain, to scratch and touch people's hearts. To show what the Man does to the Man." - Guayasamín. 

"Mi pintura es para herir, para arañar y golpear en el corazón de la gente. Para mostrar lo que el Hombre hace en contra del Hombre" -Guayasamin

Love love love! Always Learning and growing alongside with the strong and caring sista Sonie. #sisterhood #partnersincrime (at Terraza 7)

On WOC & Writing

The Guardian: What is some advice you have for women who want to write online?

Ayesha Siddiqi, EIC of The New Inquiry: The voice is your head that’s asking how dare you is the voice produced by an environment that’s going to be challenged by your daring. The risk of undervaluing what you have to offer, especially for women of color, is so much greater than the risk of overvaluing it. Your contribution may not be grand, but its absence is going to be deeply felt and be part of a much greater void in our culture and history.

Árbol de la vida, Violeta Parra. 

99 años y presente en la juventud del mundo. 

<3 

Elementary school in Baltimore where kids get meditation instead of detention - WTF fun facts