After my first book, I Am Diosa: A Journey to Healing Deep, Loving Yourself, and Coming Back Home to Soul, I thought I had poured out the essence of what I had to say. I had written from the depths of my heart and my lineage. I had shared my story of survival, reclamation, and soul-return. But something kept whispering to me – a deeper thread. A root beneath the root. A statement – I am worthy.

What I realized – in the therapy room, in women’s circles, in late-night journaling with my clients, and even within myself – was that underneath every heartbreak, every toxic pattern, every fear of being seen, every hustle for love, every question about money, motherhood, and mission — there was always this quiet ache:

Am I truly worthy?

And the truth is, most of us – especially women of color – have been taught to believe we are not.

It’s almost as if we’ve been placed under a spell of unworthiness. A spell woven over centuries, passed down through lineages, reinforced by colonizers and cultures that told us we were too much, not enough, or both at the same time. We inherited it through media images that erased our beauty. Through family systems that were doing their best under generational trauma. Through patriarchal religions that silenced the feminine voice of God. Through a colonial world that told us to shrink, obey, assimilate.

And I want to say, with a holy fire in my chest:

This spell is a lie.

I Am Worthy was born because I needed – we needed – a sacred tool to name this lie, to break its hold, and to guide us back home to our truth.

This book is a torch. A mirror. A prayer. A machete.

It speaks to the Latina who grew up translating for her parents and carrying the weight of two cultures. It speaks to the inner child who never heard she was enough. It speaks to the spiritual seeker who is tired of bypassing and wants real, grounded healing. It speaks to every woman who has ever felt she needed to earn her place at the table – whether in relationships, in business, in motherhood, or in her own heart.

Because worthiness is not something we chase. It is something we remember.

I Am Worthy dives into the internal – the shadows, the trauma, the conditioning – but it also names the external forces that shape us. We can’t talk about personal worth without addressing colonialism, misogyny, white supremacy, and the de-centering of the sacred feminine. Our healing is both intimate and collective.

This is not a self-help book in the traditional sense. This is a soul reclamation. A spiritual uprising. A love letter to the women – especially Latina women and women of color – this is for all souls who are ready to rise in their full power, not in spite of their scars, but because of them.

Writing this book was my way of breaking the spell.

And I offer it to you – not as an expert, but as a hermana on the path. As a fellow warrior, a mother, a therapist, a soul with roots from Bushwick who now lives in the motherland of Boriquen, Puerto Rico. We get to do this together – reclaim our deep inherent worth.

Crown ourselves in our worthiness.

May this book remind you that your worth was never up for debate.

You are the altar.

You are the medicine.

You are the worthy one.

I Am Worthy is available online and in bookstores nationwide today.