Outside of my day job, working to help charities raise funds, I am an artist and dream of having my book published. It is based on fact – violence I faced in my youth and overcame but is also a story of great beauty and fiction that I hope would captivate and teach a broader audience. Pulling a Butterfly is a literary novel that delves into the intersection of trauma, artistic awakening, and liberation, with a ghostly twist as Madame Butterfly, by Puccini retells the tale from her perspective
