This three-part series chronicles my transformative journey, exploring how my thirty-year career as a high-level New York City fashion executive and consultant evolved into a mission-driven path as a children’s book author. It’s a story of creative alchemy: taking the "hustle," and brand-building expertise honed on the runways of Manhattan and applying them to the preservation of my Mexican American heritage. Through these articles, I’ll share my family’s roots in the South Texas migrant fields, the systemic history that shaped my ancestors' lives, and how I’m now using storytelling to ensure those legacies—and the beauty of the Hispanic experience—are never forgotten.

This three-part series chronicles my transformative journey, exploring how my thirty-year career as a high-level New York City fashion executive and consultant evolved into a mission-driven path as a children’s book author. It’s a story of creative alchemy: taking the "hustle," and brand-building expertise honed on the runways of Manhattan and applying them to the preservation of my Mexican American heritage. Through these articles, I’ll share my family’s roots in the South Texas migrant fields, the systemic history that shaped my ancestors' lives, and how I’m now using storytelling to ensure those legacies—and the beauty of the Hispanic experience—are never forgotten.

This three-part series chronicles my transformative journey, exploring how my thirty-year career as a high-level New York City fashion executive and consultant evolved into a mission-driven path as a children’s book author. It’s a story of creative alchemy: taking the "hustle," and brand-building expertise honed on the runways of Manhattan and applying them to the preservation of my Mexican American heritage. Through these articles, I’ll share my family’s roots in the South Texas migrant fields, the systemic history that shaped my ancestors' lives, and how I’m now using storytelling to ensure those legacies—and the beauty of the Hispanic experience—are never forgotten.

Journey back to 1970s Ohio winters where the scent of tamales and the solemn wonder of Midnight Mass blended with Santa and the American Christmas rush. Discover how these special holiday moments rooted my storytelling in family, resilience, and belonging.

A single moment of painful childhood discrimination can fuel decades of identity struggle. This is a story about reclaiming what makes us each unique and teaching children that being different is what makes them special and is their greatest strength and boldest design.