The Hardest Scene to Write (And Why I Wrote It Anyway)

When people ask what it was like to write my memoir, I usually talk about the emotional toll of revisiting childhood trauma. The silence between me and my mother. The abandonment. The secrets. But the hardest scene to write wasn’t about what was done to me.It was about what I did to someone else. There’s a chapter in Split Down …

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Puerto Rican flag with a Holy Bible and handgun in front, next to a silhouette of a man covering his face in distress

Before the Pages Turn: Why I Wrote Split Down the Middle

Before a single page is turned or a chapter unfolds, I want to let you in on why this book exists—and why it matters. Split Down the Middle is more than a memoir. It’s a reckoning. A journey through the darkest corners of my past, the complicated choices I made, and the slow, painful climb toward healing. Writing it has …

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