By Rosa Cabrera
This article was removed at the request of the author on 11/24/25.
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Rosa Cabrera is an MFA candidate in the Mills College Creative Writing program, and is a former New York City high school English teacher. She is the founder and facilitator of InkRise, a writing workshop designed for survivors of violence. She is currently working on a memoir, Full of Grace: A Dominican Girl’s Attempted Escape from Womanhood, and blogs at The Song Inside the Stone.
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