Goodbye, SJSU
I didn’t think that I would graduate college. No, seriously. When I started college, I just wanted to focus on Empire— such a big goal for a freshman naive to the steps to get there. I love school,...
View ArticleI am Malala: the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and was Shot by the Taliban
Malala Yousafzai is a world trendsetter. I hope you get on her hype too. She stands up for the universal right of education for all. Against all odds of the violent turmoil in her homeland, Pakistan,...
View ArticleShe is King cont.
I can proudly say that womyn– womyn strong enough to move mountains against any wind– raised me. Many of you are familiar with my mother, Melissa Villa, the founder of Project PEARLS. She is an...
View ArticleMural for Project PEARLS
My mother wanted me to come with her to the homeland this month but my bank account couldn’t budge with graduate school around the corner. As much as I want to reconnect with the warm smiles of the...
View ArticleHappy 5 Year Anniversary, Project PEARLS!
Cheers to 5 years of wacky photos with the wackiest, hardest-working, and loving kids out there! Learn more about Project PEARLS here
View Article3rd Annual Can You Kick It Tournament
Who would have thought that our elementary school pastime would bring over a hundred people together? Who would have thought that it would send impoverished children to school? Being a second...
View ArticleWCW: Malala yousafzai
Too many people have used “WCW” as an opportunity to objectify womyn. As the wise Janelle Monae once wrote to an ignorant misogynist (wait… those two words are synonyms to each other, aren’t they?) Sit...
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