Light it up

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Light it up is a newsletter about the evolving connection between living, making art, finding a spiritual center, and healing past traumas. It is about getting real with myself in facing my own shadows and doubts and other musings.

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About Stephanie

I'm a writer retracing my steps through a childhood lost in suburbia as a black creative, firstborn daughter, while parenting in this wild world.

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