Greetings All! Thank you so much for taking the time to read my book. I would like to thank you for your interest in my story. How one spends their time is a choice, so I am grateful you would take the time to read a few pages from my life.

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Writing has served as a creative outlet and healing agent for me. Somehow, I knew from an incredibly young age that I would write and publish a book about my life. I decided to write a memoir to reflect on experiences that helped me become the woman that I am today. I wanted to have a way to take inventory of my life while reflecting and sharing my experiences. Writing has always been one of my favorite methods of self-expression, so I knew completing this type of creative endeavor would be a dream come true.

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After many hours, days, months, and years, I have brought forth a creation which embodies the full essence of me…Yanice. I am now in a place where I am willing to be vulnerable and share my experience for the benefit of myself and others. I am joyful to come forward and share the deepest parts of myself. I have had the privilege to learn and experience things from the perspective of a mother, a speaker, a teacher, an entrepreneur, and now, a published author. With all the gifts and talents within me, that God has bestowed upon me, I knew it would be selfish to not share an intimate piece of me with the world.

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One of my writing highlights was in fourth grade when I won the "Calbery Writing Award" for creative writing with illustration. Receiving an award for something I naturally enjoyed lit a spark in me. Thereafter, writing became an area in which I excelled. I took advanced classes in college and pursued a Telecommunications and Film degree, which provided me with formal knowledge and training in the fields of broadcasting, advertising, marketing, and journalism.