For over 20 years, I’ve guided adults through the beauty and complexity of the English language - first as a language and literacy teacher, and now, as a memoir writing mentor. I’ve also written and published two heart-centered books of my own. But the work that truly lights me up is helping others write the stories that matter most—their own, or a loved one’s.

This calling was born from personal heartbreak.

Twenty-five years ago, I lost both of my parents, just a year apart. At the time, I was too young and too wrapped up in my own world, to ask them the deeper questions: What were your dreams as a child? What was it like to leave your homeland behind? How did you fall in love?

Now all I have are fragments - bits of conversation, old photos, and fading memories. The rest is a mystery. And the ache of what was never shared still lingers.