I’ve been trying to organize my thoughts and decide on what it is I should say or do. I am grateful for the encouragement and support of everyone who is sharing my plea. I am overwhelmed and intimidated. The internet is known for chewing people up and it is scary having... 🧵1/ so many eyes on me. But I no longer want to shout into obscurity, into nothingness.
Voter suppression is real. It is happening in my state and across the country. So many voices are being drowned out by over policing, misogyny and systemic racism. 2/

So, I’ve been trying to decide if I should post or not. I’m from Uvalde, I currently live in Uvalde. I’m a few blocks away from Robb Elementary. I use to pick up my siblings from the school. It’s a poor neighborhood where wild chickens have run of the place. But regardless, I’ve always felt safe here. I ride my bike around the neighborhood, people are friendly here. It’s a neighborhood filled with Latino families, I’m half Latina. We heard the shots. We knew to stay inside as the reports came in about a shooting on Diez st. Then we heard he was