I have two other aunts I haven’t thanked yet, the one I will talk about today comes to visit us in Puerto Rico about once or twice a year, and every time she comes she has a new adventure up her sleeve. This one is the one who took me on the artsy hike earlier this summer, and she’s probably already planning something else to do next time she comes.

She is always ready to lend a helping hand to anyone who needs it. When my brother and I were at Syracuse, we were always invited to her house in Virginia to spend spring break, where we had home cooked meals and we were taken anywhere we wanted. She enjoyed having me around to have another girl in the house, to go shopping or to go to the movies with.

When I needed my family, she met my other aunt (her blog post is coming tomorrow) around Philly and they drove to Syracuse together. While they were there, they did mine and my brother’s laundry and and all three of my aunts cleaned our house, which they say was a pigsty. I don’t know if our apartment was really that dirty because I don’t remember.

When I was awake she cooked the food she heard I wanted to eat. I could barely eat at that time, yet I wanted to eat rice and beans, so she made them for me. She was there, she went to visit me at my other aunt’s house, she brought my cousins to see me at the hospital, and she has always made sure I’m ok.

Thank you Titi Marta, I love you

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I’m an aspiring writer still looking for exactly what I want to write about, with a lot of creativity, imagination and desire to write. I studied Writing and Rhetoric at Syracuse University where I explored many different sides of writing through my classes and extracurricular activities in order to narrow my search for an identity as a writer. I have written for Citrus TV Noticias and La Voz magazine, both of which gave me the chance to explore different mediums in which to write in. Through Citrus TV Noticias I also gained experience in translating from English to Spanish and vice versa, which is also something that I would be interested in working on since I am fluent in both of these languages. I was also an intern at Syracuse University Press where I got hands on experience in what goes into actually editing and publishing a book. Through out the last four years I have faced a lot of challenges, which helped chape the person I am today. After being in a tragic car accident, being in comma, having a Traumatic Brain Injury, and being in therapy for over a year, I am a new me, willing to face challenges and knowing how to deal with them. I want to write about my accident and life after it to help others, show them it can be done and help in any way I can.

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