{"id":130,"date":"2026-01-29T18:43:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T18:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writetoempower.us\/?page_id=130"},"modified":"2026-03-04T15:18:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T15:18:53","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/writetoempower.us\/?page_id=130","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-8fbb683b\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns alignfull has-2-columns has-desktop-equal-layout has-tablet-equal-layout has-mobile-collapsedRows-layout has-vertical-unset has-light-bg\"><div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"innerblocks-wrap\">\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column-620e3016\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ee3832\"><strong>CREATIVITY AND CONNECTION<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9748f8a9310159a84f925c4673adedb8\" style=\"color:#070731;font-size:50px\"><strong>Our Story<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Azra<\/strong>, <strong>Caitlin<\/strong>, <strong>Lisa<\/strong>, and <strong>Marisa<\/strong> met at a Highlights Foundation retreat (now <a href=\"https:\/\/boydsmills.org\/\">Boyds <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/boydsmills.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mills<\/a>): <em>Writing Through Trauma and Grief to Empower Young Readers<\/em>. 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We carry the torch, tend the flame, and expand the circle of those committed to transforming lived experience into meaningful stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We came together as a group because we have experienced how storytelling alchemizes trauma and grief into healing gold. We have experienced liberation through creativity and creation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Spoken or written, sharing words is healing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is as old as time itself. Whether spoken into water or written on sand or papyrus, witnessing each other\u2019s existence is what makes meaning and purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-12-font-size\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-ast-global-color-0-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/writetoempower.substack.com\/\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:25px;border-top-right-radius:25px;border-bottom-left-radius:25px;border-bottom-right-radius:25px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Join Us<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-6a836a9d\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns alignfull has-1-columns has-desktop-equal-layout has-tablet-equal-layout has-mobile-equal-layout has-vertical-flex-start has-light-bg\"><div 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