It all started the summer of 2023

Black and white line drawing of a flying bird in a traditional tattoo style

This was the summer that I decided that my voice wasn’t going to be drowned out any more. I was going to take a stand for what I believed in and what I wanted to do to change the world.

This is where the “Dear Diary” series was born. Along with the Dear Diary series an off-the-cuff series came too, called the “little butterfly/moth” series. They weren’t scheduled and the viewership wasn’t as big as it could have been, but I had a voice using Twitch for the first time in my life.

Black and white illustration of a moth with detailed wings.

Dear Diary, someone help me. Dear Texas. Dear Women. Dear Healthcare professionals. Dear Schools. LoveHateVanessa was being reborn from the ashes of the phoenix And like a moth to a flames, people came each week to watch.

A woman with curly dark hair, wearing a denim jacket with strawberry patterns, smiling with a nose ring.
Close-up of a woman with dark, curly hair, wearing a nose ring and a white off-shoulder top, looking directly at the camera.
A woman with dark hair, smiling broadly with eyes closed, pointing to her shoulder where a blue tattoo is partially visible, wearing a gray top and a necklace with a round pendant, in a vehicle