📸 Captured by flashwitzee ✨ First of many dedication posts to express gratitude to all who played a significant role in supporting my journey to becoming 2025 thebxpuertoricanparade Cultural Pageant Reina 🇵🇷👑 Feliz cumpleaños para mi mamá 💐 eveemaria623 This crown and title I beam with pride and honor with is dedicated greatly to her. I represented mi abuela’s Pueblo, #guánica - who lives through my mother’s light. We were both born into survival, taught to live in fight or flight like it was a language. But even in the darkest of circumstances, she miraculously found ways to light a path for me. And when she couldn’t, she held my hand as I navigated the complex journey of unlearning negative patterns passed down. I became a woman who created miracles using what I had - and never focused on what I lacked. Cycles end with me and rebirth begins as I empower the next generation of leaders - through grace, faith and embracing my story. This woman’s strength, I’m blessed to have in...