Lyrical Artist Profile: Carmen Mojica

I initiated the opportunity to interview a colleague and schoolmate of mine, Carmen Mojica on her memoir, "Hija De Mi Madre" and her poetry. While doing this interview, I was anxious and moved by her work that I wanted to help her get exposure through some of the magazines that I write for. While another article is in progress, one was published in Stimulation Status Magazine. Here is a excerpt of the article:

Bronx-born Carmen Mojica recently published her first book, “Hija De Mi Madre,” a collection of memoirs, poems, and research she did as an undergraduate student confronting the issue of self-hatred. Calling her book a saving grace, Mojica is grateful for the lessons she learned when looking back at her past and continuing on to write her story.

“I found myself stalling a lot to write, reluctant to see my history in writing,” Mojica said in an emailed interview. “I had a nervous breakdown while writing the very first draft because at that point I still had not forgiven myself or embraced who I am.” A woman of color, Mojica is mixed of African and Dominican descent and describes herself as a LatiNegra. “My entire life, I was never assumed to be Latina. My skin tone is rich in melanin…and marks me as a woman of the African Diaspora,” she writes in her book.

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