Only Child Stereotypes Redefined

In the summers, I volunteer my time at a local school to help children with learning disabilities get further in their education by helping them with their reading, writing, and math. By doing this, not only am I helping them, I am helping myself to become a better person in society and it means a lot to me. I also volunteer wherever I can because it makes me feel happy knowing I'm helping others.

June 25th 2011, I shaved my head for the St. Baldrick's Childhood Cancer Research Foundation. With the help of my mother, family, and friends I was able to raise $4,000 to this amazing organization, and donate 4, 12" ponytails to Locks of Love. In the weeks leading up to my donation I was just simply excited. When I was having my head shaved I was all smiles, from ear to ear. It was my hair dresser that was nervous and my dad who couldn't watch.

I surround myself with friends of diverse backgrounds and talk about seemingly "uncomfortable" multicultural topics openly with them. When you find out who a person is individually, stereotypes don't matter anymore.

Someone put a kitty on my door step so I convinced my mom to let us take it in.

I created the POP (Power of Pink) Nia Tour 2011 to benefit the PINK Revolution, a Central Mass breast cancer charity that funds research & support for local breast cancer patients. I will be bringing women together to dance (Nia) at 4 locations this October (breast cancer awareness month) in celebration for our feminine energy & power.