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Noemi Gamel

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I was born and raised in south Texas along the Mexican border where Spanish was my first language. I grew up in a multi-generational household with my grandmother, parents, and three younger sisters. Growing up in such a rich cultural environment, I was fed a steady diet of folktales, urban legends, and other stories that nurtured my love for writing and reading. Though I aspired to be a writer as a child, my left brain took over as I got closer to high school graduation, and I decided to pursue a practical career in health care instead.

As a first-generation Mexican-American, I was the first person in my family to attend university. Being raised by my tenacious immigrant parents fortified me with the strength to pursue my dreams. I earned a ...more

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To be clear, I am talking about Selena Quintanilla Perez, the Tejano singer from Corpus Christi, TX. I grew up listening to Selena in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s. Missing My Baby was as mainstream in my world as Miss You Much. Como La Flor and Bidi Bidi Bom Bom pumped out of my boombox as much as Forever Your Girl and Vogue. My BFF and I imitated Slenas's dance moves as much as we imitated th

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What's the Name o...: YA Fantasy. Modern girl in the woods travels to magical world, falls in love with king/prince (prophecy?), war with shadows/monsters. Bad guy is infatuated with her. Audiobook around 2014-15.	73	1408	Oct 29, 2025 08:50AM

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“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

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“I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now?”
― John Lennon