My name is Yadira. I’m 32, a Leo, born and raised in the Bronx, New York — a place that teaches you early how to survive, speak up, and stand your ground.

At twelve years old, my innocence was taken from me by someone I trusted. Silence became my way of surviving. I didn’t yet have the words to explain my pain, but I carried it everywhere.

Everything shifted the day I walked into a library and picked up I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou. Her words showed me that silence is heavy — and that untold stories demand release. Writing became my refuge, my truth, and eventually, my resistance.

Poetry was my first language. It allowed me to feel without being dismissed or minimized. Storytelling followed, because stories expose what systems try to hide.

This blog exists to confront real-life issues — especially wrongful convictions, the realities of the prison system, and mental illness. These are not abstract topics to me. They are human, urgent, and deeply connected to silence, trauma, and survival.

This space is about truth over comfort, voices over statistics, and stories that refuse to stay buried.