Selys Rivera
Bio
Selys Rivera is passionate about making the world a better place through her writing. In her free time, she is either reading, dancing, or playing with her dog.
Stories (17/0)
"Senses": A Spoken Word #WorthyVideo Post
Hey there #worthyreaders! I hope you're still hanging in there. In case you don't know, I have started a Spoken Word series with poetry from my first chapbook, Rise in Love: A Poetry Chapbook (Revised Edition), which I published earlier this year on Amazon Kindle.
By Selys Rivera2 years ago in Poets
(Re)Learning to Cope: 5 Simple Life Lessons the Coronavirus Epidemic Reminded Me About
If you’re reading this, I’m assuming you once weren’t coping well with the coronavirus epidemic. I get that. When COVID first started, I didn’t take it seriously. I was part of the problem. I thought because I was young and lived in an area not highly affected by the disease, that I could live normally.
By Selys Rivera2 years ago in Humans
My Testimony: The Summer I Came Face-to-Face with My Privilege
In the summer of 2015, right before my last semester in college, I went on my first mission trip. Part of the requirements for the mission trip, which was also an internship, was to write a sermon/speech to present at the end to my church.
By Selys Rivera2 years ago in Humans
Bisexually Christian: How I Integrated My Sexuality and Spirituality
When I was in my graduate program, I took an online clinical course for LGBT+ clients. I remember sitting at my dining room table, my laptop and textbook open in front. We were covering the section on sexual identity development. In my textbook, Counseling LGBTQ Americans, by Frank (2012), there was a different timeline for each of the letters in the acronym, as well as for heterosexuality.
By Selys Rivera2 years ago in Pride
My Testimony: The Summer I Learned Black Lives Matter TOO
In the summer of 2016, I was brimming with energy to change the world! I was in my second missionary internship after recently graduating from college with an undergraduate degree in English Writing. Upon my return for the fall semester, I was going to start a graduate degree in Social Work.
By Selys Rivera2 years ago in Humans