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The Teacher Who Believed in Me Before I Believed in Myself Long before I became a poet, a storyteller, or a writer, I was a performer. I joined declamation contests and won. I became part of theater productions. For a time, I even imagined myself pursuing professional acting. Performance came naturally to me, long before […]
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