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Plaza Mella – Havana, Cuba

In 1925, Mella was expelled from the University after he and fellow students forcibly took over the university and made demands including modernizing text books and free education for…

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Rafting w/ @DresselDivers

While these colorful, plastic boats might look like toys, they are definitely no joke. The water wasn’t deep, but the water is still heavy as you paddle against the waves.…

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Summer in Chicago

While it may appear quiet and peaceful at first glance, Chicago is land of the unexpected. My homegirls decided to book a trip to the Chi during Complex…

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chapter 3: a fatherless child

When I was nine months old, my father crashed into the pole of a backlit sign that read “Londsdale Liquors”, exactly 0.5 miles from my home. My mom went away the summer after kindergarten and came home when I was in the end of second grade. I did not like her when I met her…

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Chapter 2: no more Christmases

At 7 years old, I was praying for a Nickelodeon mom, whose main concern would be me and my after school snacks. Instead, my mom sat at the head of the table like a deer in headlights. Doña Colombia threw her a homecoming party; in my mom’s house, scratching up her floors & breaking what…

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Chapter 1 : Where’s mom?

I woke up because something was different. I was 5 years old, and as far as I could remember, my mom had been there when I woke up. I didn’t have my own room until I was about 10. The room was in the back corner of the railroad style house. When you walked out…

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