I got my first period early. So early that I vividly remember watching my sister also begin her cycle somewhere between the ages of six and nine. That’s how soon our bodies were introduced to something we had no real preparation for. Our mother did what many mothers did: handed us a bag of pads, warned us about tampons, and offered what little she could from a generation also raised in secrecy. We had the basic “what” but none of the “why” or “how.”
By fifth and sixth grade, I was already bleeding through clothes, overwhelmed by heavy cycles, and struggling to manage my period alone at school. I didn’t know how often to change my pad, what products worked best, or even that the pain I was experiencing wasn’t normal. My only real education came from the infamous puberty book All About Me, gifted by my mom. At the time, that book felt revolutionary, but it barely scratched the surface of what I needed to understand my body.
As I transitioned into middle and high school, I started playing sports and the symptoms only intensified. My periods came with extreme pain, fever, nausea, diarrhea, dehydration, restless sleep, and even moments of passing out. My dad had to pick me up from school countless times. I missed out on sports, I missed class, and still, there were no answers. I was told my pain was just part of being a woman. I started to believe that maybe I was just weak, overly sensitive, or unlucky.
Then everything changed.
In my late teens, I experienced toxic shock syndrome (TSS). Something I’d heard about but never truly understood until it was happening to me. I was immobilized on the couch, feverish, shaking, terrified. My dad rushed me to the hospital, and the diagnosis was clear: prolonged tampon use had put my life at risk. That moment shattered everything. The silence, the misinformation, the generational gaps in body literacy, it all came into sharp focus.
My mother, determined, resourceful, and fed up, took to Twitter and reached out directly to the creators of the Soft Disc. Their response changed the course of my life. They sent us products, educational pamphlets, and materials, which I began sharing with my teammates who were also struggling silently. That was the first time I saw myself not just as someone going through it but as someone who could lead others through it. That moment planted the seed of thought leadership in me, long before I had the language for it.
Later in life, during my pregnancy, I was diagnosed with thrombocytopenia amid already battling iron-deficiency anemia for years, both deeply rooted in unresolved menstrual imbalances. That’s when I said: enough is enough. From puberty to pregnancy to perimenopause, our cycles don’t stop being relevant, we must stay in sync with our bodies and get to the root cause of what they’re trying to tell us.
Through guidance, reflection, and the courage to fully embrace my story, I found the clarity and strength to bring my vision to life. What began as personal pain evolved into a powerful purpose. A commitment to shift the narrative around cycles, wellness, and womanhood. With every lesson, I was called deeper into the work of collective healing and sacred remembering. This is the legacy I’m building, one rooted in wisdom, nurtured by truth, and destined to transform generations.
How I did it
The moment my body collapsed from toxic shock syndrome was the moment everything changed. What began as a regular period quickly spiraled into immobilizing pain, fever, and confusion, symptoms I had endured before, but never to this degree. I was rushed to the hospital, where the diagnosis confirmed what I feared: my body was in crisis, not just from menstruation, but from a lack of knowledge, resources, and care. This wasn’t just a health scare, it was a revelation.
For years, I had been told to normalize the pain, to tough it out, to stay silent. But TSS forced me to confront the truth: silence can be deadly. That experience cracked something open in me. It was no longer enough to just manage my cycle, I needed to understand it, advocate for it, and teach others to do the same. It marked the beginning of my journey from pain to purpose, and from confusion to clarity. It was the moment I vowed that no one else should ever have to navigate their body in the dark.
Pregnancy was supposed to be a sacred transition but for me, it became a deep reckoning with my body. While I carried life, I also carried layers of unresolved pain, chronic fatigue, and medical diagnoses that shook me to my core: thrombocytopenia, low iron anemia, and hyperemesis gravidarum. I was severely dehydrated, struggling to nourish myself, and often too weak to even walk unaided.
On top of that, I was pregnant during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Every week I had to attend up to four medical appointments between my OB-GYN, a hematologist, and a high-risk pregnancy specialist completely alone. No Husband, no family, no hand to hold. Just me, masked and anxious in sterile waiting rooms, advocating for my own care while managing the weight of it all.
Doctors often offered little more than quick fixes or medical jargon, rarely addressing the root causes of my suffering. But motherhood awakened something fierce in me: the refusal to be passive about my body any longer. It was during this time that I truly understood that womb wellness is not just about periods, it’s about our whole lives.
From menstruation to pregnancy, loss, birth, and postpartum, our wombs carry wisdom and trauma. My pregnancy became a spiritual initiation, one that birthed not just my child, but my calling to help other women reconnect with their bodies and reclaim their power.
Thanks to the Quality Enhancement Program at Texas Woman’s University, I was granted the opportunity to be mentored in their Thought Leadership initiative. A space that nurtured this passion, gave me structure, and empowered me to birth my project: Flowing Forever.
Flowing Forever is more than a blog. More than a book. It is a reclamation.
A space for collective healing.
A sacred remembering.
A movement that honors menstruation not as shameful, but eternal.
A philosophy that holds space for everyone, whether you’re awaiting your first cycle, are living without one, have chosen to end it, are actively flowing, pregnant, postpartum, or walking through menopause.
This work is not theoretical, it’s embodied. As a thought leader in menstrual wellness, womb care, and intergenerational healing, my mission is clear: to help women across the diaspora reimagine what it means to be in relationship with their bodies. When we flow forever, we reconnect to our lineage, our wisdom, and our power.
And I’m doing all of this while currently pursuing my Bachelor of Science in Multidisciplinary Studies, with concentrations in Business and Psychology; an intentional path that supports my long-term vision of opening and operating a birthing center and postpartum recovery house.
As a birth worker, both a birthing and postpartum doula, this is more than a passion. This is soul work. It is the legacy I will leave in the world. A legacy rooted in care, in truth, and in the sacred cycles that shape our lives.
Welcome to the legacy. Welcome to Flowing Forever.
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