Pleased to announce my personal essay, “Second Chance,” is in the Spring 2019 Round Table Literary Journal! It recounts the journey of my mother who in 1965, at age 40 and after giving birth to her sixth child, quits her low-paying secretarial job to pursue her dream of getting a baccalaureate degree. It’s a tale of determination and grit in the face of daunting familial and economic challenges.
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