Part 1 - The Road Trip to Palm Springs, CA Begins.

Let’s roll baby. Let the adventures begin! Wilderness Perez leavin’ the South and taking her Southern voice with her. Moving to Southern California.

Yes, Lawd. When the time comes, bury me in a hot link sausage coffin full of buttermilk biscuits and grits. Also, toss some chorizo and eggs and homemade tortillas in there, as I am half-Mexican.

I used to be ashamed of my Southern accent. When I was a grad student at Duke University, there were days I was sure I was the only Southern gal in attendance. I faked a more cosmopolitan accent to appear more scholarly. The definition of misalignment. But, baby, embrace who you are so your brilliance shines through as the universe intended.