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My name is Teresa Saltos. I was tained a Juris Doctor degree in
born in Turlock, CA to farmworker 2015, The discipline required for
parents. From a very young age, I Law School has been instrumental
realized that my solace and happi- in the completion of my childhood
est moments were always found dream.
within the pages of a book, I se-
My poems are not necessarily
cretly dreamed of writing my own
“pretty” poems-the topics are
book one day. I started by writing
oftentimes those that people
opinion columns for a local news-
would rather not discuss out of
paper.
fear of causing estrangements
In 1995, I became a registered within their circle, but a wound
nurse and I thrived as a nurse for need sunlight to heal. I invite my
more than 25 years. Suring that readers to leave the darkness in
period, my intellectual restless- the past and start walking toward
ness kept me in school until I ob- the sunlight.
