Open the doors to an oasis uplifting Women of Color.
About the Author: Reyna Noriega is currently a Visual Artist, Educator, and Freelance Writer. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Florida International University where she also minored in Visual Art & English. Her writing credits include her personal blog, Thought Catalog, Northside Magazine, YesJulz.com and more.
In Bloom: A Poetic Documentary Of The Journey to Higher Self
By Reyna S. Noriega: In this collection of poems, written in sequence with the unfolding of the narrator, we explore all of the habits, thought processes, and love stories that must be eradicated in order to meet our higher self. "This world makes it so easy to forget ourselves. Our souls are screaming to be seen and felt and we stuff cotton balls into our ears to drown out the noise. We put poison into our bodies to combat the hunger.”
Prose & Cons: A Collection of Prose & Poetry Following The Evolution of Love
By Reyna S. Noriega: The phenomena that is falling in love is a journey. Like all journeys, as love finds us, we also find ourselves. We are awakened to our dreams, our fears, our insecurities. Our eyes are opened to another reality where we are no longer alone and our actions don’t solely affect us. There are things we must give up: control, fear, our past to name a few, and we have infinite things to gain.Love is like getting on a rollercoaster for the first time. The apprehension almost strong enough to make you think twice, but you get over that fear.
In My Cocoon: Poems And Musings On The Beauty Of Isolation
By Reyna S. Noriega: This collection of poetry follows the author through a period of growth and self revelation amplified during the global pandemic induced quarantine of 2020. It forces the protagonist to slow down, to trust the timing, and pivot, lessons that apply to our daily lives. It serves as a reminder that we will experience many blooms and many evolutions in our lifetimes and we must not stop looking inward. The key to living our dreams is in the lessons revealed to us through our journeys. It highlights how these journeys may surprise us, and how all that we dream of resides on the other side of fear and our comfort zones.
