Where I
Come From
I was raised in a multigenerational, multicultural home in San Jose shaped by strong women, deep faith, discipline, and the kind of laughter that fills a whole house. Education was treated like liberation in our family — something you worked for, and then turned around and handed to the next person coming up behind you.
I've carried that belief into everything I do.
"I've been in the room for some of the most tender moments of family life — and I've written books for the quieter ones, too."
When I became a mother — and then kept becoming one, seven times over — I started writing the books I wished had existed. Books where the kids looked like my kids. Stories where mixed wasn't a problem to solve, it was a superpower to celebrate. Books that helped parents have the hard conversations without having to start from scratch.
I'm a mother of seven, a San Jose native, a former school board member, and a birth and postpartum doula. I've lived through the beauty and the breaking of generational cycles. I know what it means to be the bridge — to hold the past in one hand and a better future in the other.
My books aren't just stories. They're tools. They're conversation starters. They're mirrors and maps for families navigating the beautiful, complicated work of growing up together.
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