The Destined Newsletter The Gift of Writing || July 2026 || ISSUE #25 Author of the memoir Destined: A Story of Resilience and Beating the Odds Dear Reader, Writing can allow us to reflect on the distance we’ve traveled. In doing so, we’re reminded of what we already have in many aspects of our lives. We tend to focus on what’s missing in our lives, such as thinking about our next goal. Writing about where we’ve been shows us how far we’ve come. One of our most important teachers is our own...

The Destined Newsletter The Process Is the Prize || May 2026 || ISSUE #23 Author of the memoir Destined: A Story of Resilience and Beating the Odds Dear Reader, Setting goals has given me a sense of direction. However, every process I’ve gone through to reach a goal has shaped me. I detail many of the processes I went through in my memoir Destined. The process of learning English. The process of integrating into American society. The process of returning to school from a GED level to earning...

The Destined Newsletter One Year Anniversary of Destined's Launch || February 2026 || ISSUE #20 Author of the memoir Destined: A Story of Resilience and Beating the Odds Dear Reader, I engaged in a lively discussion with students at Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) about my memoir Destined earlier this month. The students studied the memoir as part of their English course curriculum and wrote reflective narrative essays focusing on Destined’s chapter 3 “The Turning Point” and chapter 4...