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After years of self-silencing, sometimes due to a stutter, I'm now speaking despite any potential awkwardness.

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I'm an artist and writer with a background in international relations, homelessness and criminal justice. My art explores the tension of caregiving within a society that provides insufficient support to and holds unrealistic expectations of mothers.