ignited

september has always been a heavy burden, especially on my heart. this year too, the month has left another scar on my heart. nonetheless, october began with lovely encounters with my musician friends - coyote grace & edie carey - who performed at dolores park cafe two fridays back-to-back. i made friends with a guy named todd who works at the cafe. he likes my frye boots and he thinks i'm cute.

i also finally have a job with a small non-profit organization called Institute for Medical Quality (IMQ i mentioned in the previous post...!), a subsidiary of California Medical Association. i am a Cultural & Linguistic Competency Program Coordinator, meaning i put together resources and execute outreach projects to make sure that health care facilities and providers are aware and practicing culturally and liguistically sensitive/appropriate care for their patients. in some cases it's purely for the purpose of compliance with hospital accreditation standards, and in other cases it's for crediting physicians for continuing medical education (CME). but our focus now is to encourage health care system at large to recognize and practice culturally sensitive care for all people; immigrants, sexual & gender minorities, elderly, women, incarcerated folks...
it is a meaningful work with multitude of learning opportunities. I am ignited and ready.

i've also been blessed to have gotten to know diva, a berkeley based artist. she has her own line of stationaries and other items called Linea Carta, which is being sold all over the world. i love her antique-inspired, subtle, simple designs, and her beautiful calligraphy work. she does a lot of commissioned work for wedding invitations, personalized stationaries, etc. as well. if you're interested on learning more about her work, follow the link above (Linea Carta) and if you like to purchase something, follow the link further onto her Etsy site.