A little about me
Hello, my name is Josue Aurelio Ponce, founder of Resistible Roots Publishing.
I have recently graduated with a BA in Creative Writing and a BA in Spanish Through the Professions from the University of Nevada-Reno, as a First-Gen Latino.
It has always been a dream of mine to start my own publication where I can serve others through the stories that I feel to tell. I am far from an expert on the topics that I will be discussing about, but I would say that I am an expert in studying my environment, and creating my own way out of life's struggles. I sit here in front of my computer as I write to you all, not that I know all the answers, but that I do not. I am simply taking on the role of representation for others who are in a sea of struggle without a help in sight. Though our waters may not always be the same, the fatal outcome of drowning is. So I am here to be a help in any way that I can. I am here to be a living and breathing example of someone who made it out of those waters, and proud enough to say that you are all capable enough to make it out too.
I come from a difficult background with ever-changing seasons; One day the sun would shine on my life as bright as the high noon. Other days it would shadow upon it like the dark side of the moon. Life would be as warm as a stroll along the river in the month of June. Or as cold as shoveling up snow in the month of December. Through these seasons, there were some things within me that allowed me to survive, my resistible roots. And this is where the name of my publication has stemmed from.
We are deeply-rooted individuals, just as the trees that we see living around us every single day. When we see these small or massive trees, we simply glance at the superficial layer of the specimen, but we never see what lives beneath. The root system of a tree can be 2 to 4 times larger than itself. It's what allows these beautiful creations to live for hundreds to thousands of years! If we can creatively imagine ourselves as these trees, and think about the root system beneath our superficial layers, there is a plethora of healing and growth that we can achieve. This is how I have viewed my young life, and how I hope to prolong it as I go along.
I hope you all decide to take this journey with me to our own way of self-fulfillment, healing, and growth. I thank you all from the bottom of my heart for taking the time to read a little more about me.
With love,
Josue
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