I want to pray for the people of Palestine and Israel. I pray for peace on both sides. I pray that all of humanity starts looking at all the similarities they have with one another than their differences. Only then can we be more compassionate and accepting. I wrote three different blogs for this week…
Judd Apatow, he has a unique last name like how I have a unique first name. “Love,” a series by Judd Apatow was introduced to me when I had the opportunity to visit the Sony Studies lot to meet Judd. I was working with Barry Katz at the time and he had set up an…
A Ramadan Memory We are officially two weeks into Ramadan and it has been a challenge. The first week is always the most difficult because I think about the long haul of the holiday. I can’t eat or drink from sunrise to sunset for the next thirty days? WAH! It is hard but as time…
like we’re all wasting it Do you ever just want to smoke a cigarette even though you have never had a cigarette before? I do. I have this urge to smoke a cigarette at least once a week. I even dream about smoking a cigarette.Just writing about it makes my lips crave it. The irony…
First, Ramadan Mubarak aka Happy Ramadan! My blogs might be shorter for the next couple of weeks because of my lack of energy and sleep, but I will do my best. For the month of Ramadan, I wake up at 4 am for breakfast and prayer. This takes about an hour. Then I try to…
For me, one of the biggest struggles of being an artist is the pressure I put on myself to be creative. https://anchor.fm/frshta/episodes/178-Disappointment-eucae9 I like to write, I like to paint, I like to draw, I like to create films, I like to play the piano and just be a creative person in general. I’m not…
https://anchor.fm/frshta/episodes/176-Spring-etc6ph https://anchor.fm/frshta/episodes/176-Spring-etc6ph Spring is amongst us.Can you believe it has been one year since the safer at home order? One year since our lives as we knew it changed. It feels like a long time ago, yet it doesn't at the same time. What a scary time it was. A time that will go down…
Have you ever had a role model and you didn’t even know it? I have and her name was Angelica Pickles. Angelica Pickles was the three-year-old that showed me what a strong girl looks like. She was fierce, yet kind. Angelica was the antagonist of the 90s shows called Rugrats. She was probably the biggest…
The Palm Coffee Bar by Joanna Teresa Heart There is nothing like women who support each other. Especially when there is this giant world that is constantly telling women to sit down and shut up or pushing them against each other. I want to highlight someone very dear to me this week especially since we…
It is national women's month in March. In the classroom that I co-teach in, I started going over what Women’s month means and why. We watched a couple of videos and then we picked a Nearpod assignment. Nearpod is premade lessons by LAUSD and other teachers that are accessible to all educators. We scrolled through…
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