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multimedia journalist & writer w/bylines at @npr @portlandmercury @bitchmedia @remezcla @marieclaire @wearemitu y más. AKA DJ Mami Miami. 💞 IG @ emillyp
Dec 18, 2023 5 tweets 1 min read
2024 is the year I finish the memoir I began in 2012. ✨📝✨ To help get me to the finish line & drafting these last few chapters, I am turning to journaled wisdom from myself, circa July 2012. "Writing is weird because you spend so much time alone. Writing. To an audience. That doesn't exist! Not at first at least.

Time and patience. Hoping and waiting. For "THE BIG BREAK". When you finally feel validation.

But—it doesn't happen for everyone.
Sep 30, 2017 7 tweets 2 min read
If you're in the Portland area and are looking for important volunteer opportunities, #OregonParaPuertoRico needs your help. Tasks below: 1) Procuring storage unit/basement big enough to hold all the donations they'll receive the next 2 days
2) People to "man" the dropoff point