Rachelle, a daughter given an impossible choice

Published: Aug. 28, 2021, 8 a.m.

Rachelle Ramirez is a writer and certified editor. When Rachelle was 15, her mother gave her an impossible choice: "Raise your baby brother as your own, or I'm giving him up for adoption." This experience led Rachelle to pursue questions that show up repeatedly in her writing: How can we craft better endings? And do we have any control over how things end?