Permission to Bloom

Placeholder author icon
By Nicole Llera ’07

Published July 24, 2018

Permission to Bloom (Amazon) is the story of Michaela Rose, an ambitious college student with mental-health issues. Unable to maintain a façade of success and stability, she is forced to reshape her priorities and focus on wellness and relationships instead.

Paw in print

Image
The January 2026 cover of PAW, featuring a man and a woman and the headline "Empower Couple."
The Latest Issue

January 2026

Giving big with Kwanza Jones ’93 and José E. Feliciano ’94; Elizabeth Tsurkov freed; small town wonderers.