SHAKTIHer diary · Latina · in her 30s
Paola
Paola chose five words for herself: “Compassionate Sweet Fun Generous Quiet.” She is a single mother raising her son in a shared family home, working in a caring job while she studies. The year she turned 20, her family lost their home and her grandmother died; she calls it “the moment that everything in my life changed.”
All names in these stories are pseudonyms.
Her diary, day by day
What we put into our bodies directly affects the way that our bodies work to keep us alive.
on whether food choices affect health
My age 20 was truly a defining moment. I had lots of loss and renewal. … The country was in a recession and my family was one of the casualties who lost our beautiful home.
on the year her family lost their home
I remember seeing a commercial for Campbells soup with a snowman that turned into a little boy after he had the soup.
the food ad she still remembers
Day 4 · Resilience
She did not write on this day.
Day 5 · Envisioning
She did not write on this day.