Humana Helps My Family #StartWithHealthy
I got off the couch in 2010. I had two very young, and extraordinarily rowdy boys to whom I wanted to be that mom. The one could run after them in a game of tag Read More …
Advocacy
Bake It Happen For Breast Cancer Research
A year ago, I tried to bake some cookies for Bake It Happen, a yearly campaign to raise funds for breast cancer research. The program was created by my friend Stacey and her sister Shari Read More …
The Day HIV Stigma Didn’t Stop Me
I wasn’t expecting this post. I mean, I knew I would be writing about HIV as I was covering a testing event in Hialeah, Florida on August 16th. But I had no idea what attending Read More …
Empowering Women Through Team LC
Last week I wrote nothing changes if nothing changes and the journey begins with a decision closely followed by an action. That action must be closely followed by another, and then another, and another until we finally Read More …
Nothing Changes If Nothing Changes
Nothing changes if nothing changes. This is so logical and obvious but yet we often get we stuck in our situations and wonder why things aren’t any different. We look at the challenges and mountains ahead and Read More …
When Cancer Strikes
On February 20, 2016 hundreds of cyclists, including many of my friends, took the Miami roads on the Dolphin Cycling Challenge to benefit the University of Miami Sylvester Cancer Center. I didn’t. My thought process Read More …
My Experience At The PFC Challenge
When you join an organized cycling ride, you make new friends fast. That’s why I didn’t hesitate to sign up for the Pan Florida Challenge For Hungry Kids even if I didn’t know anyone who Read More …
The Pan Florida Cycling Challenge For Hungry Kids
It’s become popular amongst bike enthusiasts to participate in charity rides. These are rides that vary in distance but are done as a fundraising event. You pay or fundraise a certain amount in order to Read More …
NBC News & Positive Impact Awards
This week, NBC News featured 8 Latino Bloggers for Social Good. I was named along with these fabulous people below and encourage everyone to check their stories and blogs. You can read the full article Read More …
Empowered or Entitled?
Much has been written about how we are raising an entitled generation, and those traits can be seen flourishing within the millennial group. Though some might disagree, I believe it’s a fine line between raising Read More …
Believe And Achieve … A Lesson From Peter
Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t, you are right. – Henry Ford I use this phrase all the time, ALL the time. But it was ten year old Peter who showed Read More …
Fighting Childhood Hunger
I will ride 160 miles on my bike, across the state of Florida, to help fight childhood hunger. Don’t get me wrong, I love riding my bike and this doesn’t sound crazy or daunting. It Read More …
A Change of Heart – Camillus House Children’s Run Team
As I am changing the focus of TriathlonMami.com to advocacy and empowerment, I am highlighting my favorite posts from past social advocacy projects. I don’t know where to start. Hosting the Camillus House children’s run Read More …
Bake It Happen For Breast Cancer
It was impossible to know how things would turn out when I told my friend Stacy I would join the Bake It Happen campaign last year. Bake It Happen is a yearly event developed by Read More …
Final Race Day: The Camillus House Children’s Run Team
Miami has the stereotype of a shallow party city, full of beautiful people in scant clothing. But it turns out that Miami is also a generous and warm fitness community that shined with the Camillus House Children’s Read More …