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Siestas? I didn’t realize that they were a real thing until I moved to Spain. Siestas are still an important aspect of Spanish life, even though fast-paced consumerism has been pushing Spain away from this cultural custom. In Granada, the […]

March is Endometriosis Month. You may have heard this somewhere before but not quite sure what it is really. You may hear it being described as ”bad cramps”. Sometimes, it is the simplest way we can find to describe it, […]

The familiar chill of mountain air greeted me as soon as I stepped off the bus. For about the past hour and a half we had driven up narrow and twisty roads. The landscape, though very different, reminded me of […]

  Fear is an emotion induced by a threat perceived by living entities, which causes a change in brain and organ function and ultimately a change in behavior, such as running away, hiding or freezing from traumatic events. (Wikipedia) Forget […]

I wasn’t sure what to expect when I woke up. My head was spinning not from lack of sleep, but from excitement and anticipation. This day would be a bit different from other days. My family had arrived in Spain […]

My head feels as if there is an elephant tap dancing on it. I’m tired. The room is dark and I can hear the rain outside my window. I groan and head to the shower. We sit around wondering what […]

I have come across something quite troubling in the many training activities surrounding diversity. In these activities I am required to admit my struggles and my privileges.   The way that we focus on diversity, and how we talk about […]

I never realized it before, but last week when my family dog Ringgit died, I realized that she was as much of a TCK as I am. She was born in Australia and shipped to us in Malaysia. She moved […]