About Me

My 28th Birthday ~ July 12, 2014

My name is Ana Cecilia, but only my Brazilian family calls me Cecilia. My family calls me Ann. My friends call me "Anna" and my co-workers call me "Awna." I have gone through different stages of what I prefer to be called. As of now, I am introducing myself as Awna because that is close to how the Brazilians say it (I am trying to come back to my roots). They actually pronounce it more like, "Uh-na", but for some reason Americans never make that sound nice, so I will stick with Awna. 

I am a married woman, which is still strange to me to this day. I always said I would never get married, but here I sit eating my words (tends to happen more often than not).

I have been through a lot of pain in my life, and have struggled to figure out who the hell I am exactly. I am still on that path, but at least I have found a direction I would like to follow. 

I enjoy writing, reading, my cat, my husband, my TV show The Walking Dead, a good movie, good food paired nicely with wine, beer, swimming, and hiking. 

I'm originally from Sao Paulo, Brazil. I moved to the U.S. when I was 3, then off to Hershey, PA where I consider the majority of my time there the Dark Ages. At 21, I moved to Salt Lake City, Utah to live with my mom who relocated there after the divorce. I tried to give the Mormonism a second try, but quickly realized it wasn't for me. I moved again the following year to San Jose, CA where I struggled quite a bit in the beginning. However, it was the best move I had ever made because I met my husband in that city. Last year, we moved to San Diego where I currently live. It has been a tough adjustment, and I struggle to be away from my good friends and family. Honestly though, it would not matter where I live at this point because my friends and family are global. We are scattered everywhere. I am so happy I have my husband. We learn a lot from each other and we have a lot of fun together! Currently, we have changed our kitchen over to mostly fresh produce and organic goods. Cooking together is what we do now.

I am an off again on again student. I no longer qualify for financial aid, and I will not take out loans for an undergrad degree. That's just not worth it to me, so school will get done when it gets done. A life time journey it will be, and I have finally made peace with that. Besides, I think it's a better pace for me so I don't overwhelm myself with full time work. There's too much to enjoy in life. I'm not going to waste any time missing out! I don't have your typical American attitude, which I find to be, "GO, GO, GO. WORK, WORK, WORK." Why? I say rest, spend time with your loved ones, cook, be in nature, unwind, don't be too stressed, be healthy. Work will always be there, so don't make that the #1 priority. I think people that do that turn themselves into subservient slaves in the worldly illusions of success. And I am too independent minded to give someone else that much of my time and effort to be called, "successful" by... who? I'll tell ya who. People I find to be shallow anyway.


"The path to success is always under construction..."