Greetings, welcome, bienvenidos!


As I pondered what my blog would focus on for my opinion writing class, I debated about the many things I love in life.


Food, music, fashion, travel destinations...but these are all common themes for blogs. I wanted to write about something better!


My passion for LIFE overpowered all my other passions. 


 After losing my mother to lung cancer in 2007 (she never smoked a cigarette in her life), I felt robbed of the core being in my life and my life changed immensely.


I was frustrated and couldn't fathom her death.  Two years later I was diagnosed with stage 1C Ovarian Cancer...this...another shocker.


But as I learned from my Mother, Luz Armida's death, life would continue.  This was just another bump in the road and I knew she would be by my side all along the journey.


 I was diagnosed with a Dysgerminoma tumor which was 17mm wide. The doctors said it hid in my lower left pelvic area for about three months.


The tumor was removed, I went through three months of chemo therapy at UCI Medical Center in Orange, California and here I am two years later.


A healthy, blessed, stressed, happy, confused, social butterfly, ambitious (your everyday) college student.


I am here to give hope and strength and to inform my readers of wonderful organizations that aim to help and make the public aware of the commonality and dangers of cancer.


I am here to honor those who are fighting the battle, to let them know they are not alone, because I KNOW how it feels when your life is put on HOLD.


I am here to be a POSITIVE influence for the souls who need it and look forward to showing my readers that Life IS Beautiful!




Roma