1/ More people seem to have found their way to my small corner of the net, I've tried a few of these intro things before. Turns out It's hard to put yourself into small chunks of narrative, but here's the quick version: Hi I'm Rose 👋, born and raised Caribeña. Immigrated to the US at 17 (legally, so plz don't), no English, tons of hardship. Lived under a bridge in NYC for yrs, got myself out of that, taught myself English, put myself through college, became a scientist...