Irene Escobar-Galvez
As a child, I believed that my value came only from my accomplishments such as grades, achievements, and how much I could do for others. Like many first-gen kids, I thought that being successful was the only way to repay my family’s sacrifices. Over time, and through my own healing, I’ve learned that my worth isn’t conditional. Read more >>>
Maggie Perdue
When I was about three or four, I flounced up to my mother and said, ‘Someday, when I am a grown-up and I am in charge, if you do what I say, I’ll give you a little treat’. She just about died laughing at the sheer confidence that surely the only reason I wasn’t in charge yet was because I wasn’t a ‘grown-up’. Read more >>>
Joanna Baugbog
I never believed I was good enough. As a result I was trying to strive for perfection, making everyone happy, following impossible rules, and bending over backwards at the expense of myself. I’m working to undo a lot of this and one of the most powerful questions I’ve been asked is “What is good enough? How do you even define that? Read more >>>
