About Me
Born and raised in San Francisco, Maria now splits her time between Houston, Texas and Austin, Texas near her four adult children and seven dogs. She is a proud and eternal matriarch.
After a ten year hiatus to raise her family, she returned to school and received her degree in Business Administration from St. Edwards University in the spring of 2012. After 5 years of juggling law school, a 4 hour daily commute, working full time, and single mom-ing it, in May 2018, Maria received her Jurisprudence Degree from St. Mary’s School of Law. Maria is licensed to practice law in the state of Texas.
Social justice and public service are driving passions in Maria’s life. A few of her personal goals are to open a non-profit organization with a social welfare mission and build a dog rescue ranch. There is a MFA in Creative Writing somewhere in that life bucket list, too.
Maria’s blog and life journey have been shared and featured by Good Morning America; Road Trip Nation on PBS; Scary Mommy; Parents.com; ABC News, Yahoo News, Frank Somerville with KTVU Oakland in California; Bring Change 2 Mind; Tallahassee Woman Magazine; and, The Write On Project, just to name a few.
Maria enjoys reading, writing, and expressing her thoughts, not necessarily in that order. Just a woman who writes to make people laugh, smile, think, and even to inspire. Short stories, essays, and memoirs are her poison.
One day she intends to finish writing the book she’s been working on and hopefully, if enough of you like this blog, she’ll have some fans willing to buy it.
Mother. Writer. Genius (or just smarter than the average bear). Self Proclaimed Comedienne. Queen of my Queendom.
Full disclosure: As a creative writer I reserve my right to embellish or omit details from the stories in my blog. This blog is not a clear map of my life. It’s a glimpse of pieces of it, with added pizzazz for entertainment.
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Maria's Random Rants 
I just discovered your blog and is really liking it!
Great work!!! =]
Why thank you. Maria loves when people like her blog. 🙂
how did you add twitter to your page ?.
i think i figured out how you added the twitter to your page, but yours looks way better then mine, the lay out(displayed) looks better that is .
Your blogs are so funny! And thoughtful. I can’t keep up with Twitter but I will certainly check out your writing!
Thank you for the compliments, Bizanaka! Always appreciate comments from fellow bloggers. Going to have to check out your blog in a bit. See you on your page!
Thank you for stopping by 🙂 Can’t wait for you next rant!
Maria, I want to personally invite you to be part of The Write On Project. Take a look and see if it’s something you’d be interested in.
http://thewriteonproject.wordpress.com/participate/
Jared
Maria, What a nice surprise to come across this. I will definitely be following your blogs 🙂 Glad to see you and your family doing well. Hope seeing my name gave you a little giggle…Take Care!
I really enjoyed your blog site, I will be back to visit! ~Kim~
Hi Maria…I actually knew you waaay back and a mutual friend told me about your blog and she insisted I do the same. So I did, it isn’t 100% but up. I wanted to get further advice from you? Check it out elnovalit@bloggerspot.com. Thanks!
Hello Maria! My name is Dinah. I went to elementary school with Rodney back in those days when life was simple, and we were carefree. I loved your V-day blog so much, I had to repost it on my FB page! I admire your charisma and your motivation for pursueing your dreams of obtaining a degree in law and writing a book! Thank you for sharing your thought and insights on love and life…I am definitely a new fan and follower! God Bless you, Rodney and your four beautiful children.
Dinah 🙂
You are too sweet. I do remember you, the same way I remember all of the older kids at Longfellow and Denman (you, Rodney, Joann, Rose, Em, etc), in that I-want-to-be-just-like-them kind of memory. I appreciate your comments and your sharing my post. And I really appreciate you took the time to tell me..
you truly are the “Maria Servillon” i remember. i applaud you for staying TRUE. not very many can show for. im really glad we can stay in touch, and hope so till the end. im very proud of you and wish you the best in everything. i know the grind can get old and sometimes tough, but not a doubt you know you can do it. you’re one of a kind and thats what i love about you. thanks for remembering an old hag like me, and more importantly for reminding me to check out your BOMB, real to D core blogs. love you mama…
G, thanks so much for popping by and reading my blog. I know blogs and social media aren’t your thing so I realize it’s a big deal when you actually land on my blog. I appreciate your support, your encouraging words, and most especially many thanks for near two decades of friendship. I love you and Cee x 10000000!!!!
hey stranger!!! wow, it’s gud to see u and da fam…even if it’s jus a pik….friend me on my facebook…christina sayborivong 😉
Hey Maria, it’s Claire. So proud and brave of you expressing your thoughts and feelings what you had experienced in the past and looking forward to the future. May God bless you and your family and take you to your most outmost journey!