Who I Am
I’m Priscilla. A mom of two. A wife. A first-generation Latina. INFJ, Virgo, middle child, the only girl in a family of brothers. Highly sensitive, multi-interested, a little overachiever at heart, and someone who has always felt in-between worlds.
I spent nearly a decade in the nonprofit world, where I designed trainings, managed systems, and held space for people’s fears, grief, and resistance. On paper, I looked like I had it all together. But inside, I was unraveling.
Salt + Systems was born from that unraveling, not as a polished solution, but as a space to gather the pieces.
The Origin of Salt + Systems
For years, I molded myself into what I thought would keep me safe, accepted, and approved of.
In the process, I abandoned myself.
When everything began to fall apart, I started asking harder questions: What did I actually believe about myself? Which expectations were real, and which ones had I only assumed? Why did I keep ending up in the same patterns, even after big “wake-up calls” in my life?
The truth is, I didn’t trust myself. I had lived through experiences of control, manipulation, and silencing, things that taught me to doubt my own perception of the world. At 29, people still called me a “young mom,” as if a decade of motherhood hadn’t already passed. I was constantly being framed as less than, as someone who needed guidance. Layer that with family expectations, religious upbringing, and nonprofit work, and the message was the same: don’t lean on your own understanding.
Salt + Systems grew out of my refusal to keep living that way. It became my way to pause, reflect, and realign; to start rebuilding the self-trust I had lost or perhaps never had.
Identity and Perspective
I am a first-generation Latina, the middle child, and the only girl in a family of brothers. I became a wife at 18, a mom at 19, building a career and a life while still growing up myself. I’ve made plenty of mistakes, but each one has shaped the way I see the world.
I left a religion that never felt welcoming, and I’m still learning to trust my intuition, to set boundaries, to laugh loudly, to dress immodestly, to be my full authentic self, and to embrace my weirdness.
I was a gifted kid in school, the kind who always overachieved, and in many ways, I still am. I live with complex PTSD. I’m an empath who feels deeply, sometimes too deeply, and I’ve often carried the emotions of others as if they were my own. I read the room, scan for shifts, take the temperature of moods, and adjust. A recovering people-pleaser, someone who molded herself to fit what others needed.
These experiences shaped the lens I bring to Salt + Systems. They taught me what it means to abandon yourself and what it takes to come back.
A Note From Me
Salt + Systems is an invitation. A space for reflection, alignment, and self-trust, without pressure, judgment, or gatekeeping.
I built it out of necessity, for myself, first. I never imagined it would grow into something I’d share with others. But the tools that helped me pause, reflect, and begin to rebuild self-trust felt too important to keep quiet.
Salt + Systems is meant to be accessible. The resources here are imperfect but intentional, offering ways to pause, notice patterns, reconnect with values, and choose with more clarity.
My perspective is shaped by being a first-generation Latina, an eldest daughter, a young wife and mom, and someone who has often been underestimated or told I wasn’t enough. Those experiences gave me a particular lens on self-trust, agency, and the weight of expectations. Salt + Systems carries that perspective, but it’s for anyone navigating the tension between who they are and what the world tells them to be.
Looking ahead, my hope is to continue building resources and spaces that support people navigating life after high-control environments, whether those are rooted in family, faith, or work. I also hope to study this more formally one day, learning what contributes to people’s ability to reintegrate, rebuild, and move forward. My interests live at the intersections of sociology, anthropology, social work, and psychology, and Salt + Systems is one way I bring those threads together.
These are reflective tools, built from lived experience, shared in case they support you too.
If you’re here, welcome. However you arrive, you don’t need to be anything other than who you already are.