The Armor
A journalist-turned-nursing assistant looks back on thirty years of heavy words, big armor, and the art of finally learning to say what happened.
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je suis
soy lexi!
8
years in publishing
10+
years as print journalist.
10
years as nursing assistant
journalist
web designer
certified nursing assistant
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Work History
I left a modest publishing career in the Philippines where I worked as proofreader, copyeditor, and research manager for different publishing entities before Saipan beckoned, where I worked as a journalist full time. Then I found myself warming up to the healthcare industry as I transitioned into becoming a nursing assistant. And the adventure continues.
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clippings Newsroom pages, features and investigative work from Saipan and Guam.
clippings Newsroom pages, features and investigative work from Saipan and Guam.
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Skills
clinical skills
Ten years of hands-on patient care as a nursing assistant, grounded in empathy and steady hands.
writing & editing
Two decades of reporting, proofreading, and copyediting across print newsrooms and publishers.
web design
Building clean, personal sites and layouts that tell a clear story, like this one.
content strategy
Shaping a publication's voice, from research and structure to the final published page.
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Latest
Dispatches
Pieces Yet to Be Collected
In Pieces Yet to Be Collected, a quiet meditation on memory and place, the essay explores how the rooms, streets, and haunts we leave behind remain quietly tethered to our former selves, waiting for us to return and claim what we left.
The Weight of the Final Chapters
This essay is a quiet reflection on the quiet stewardship of end-of-life caregiving, reframing the surrender of adult autonomy not as a second childhood, but as a sacred trust. Through personal detail and deep empathy, it honors the profound weight of protecting an aging individual's dignity as their story draws to a close.
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