Most women sense they have a place within that holds untapped potential. Some of us are waiting for “permission” to express ourselves, the way we see the world and who we are in it, from this unique place. Every day we push ourselves to meet the needs of everyone around us; family, friends, co-workers, our community, and we often find there is no time left for “me.”
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This past December I was privileged to sit down in an InnerViews exclusive with published author Deborah Santana. For more than 30 years Deborah was almost solely identified as the wife of music icon Carlos Santana. She likens it to being the space between the stars and even titled her memoir the same.
Deborah Santana published her compelling memoir Space Between the Stars in 2005. It was a seven year journey of self-discovery. “Publishing my memoir was an act of radical love,” declared Deborah Santana during our conversation.
“I was very afraid in publishing my memoir that people would think ‘Oh my God, she is really an idiot.’ But I didn’t face any of that,” she explained. “I really didn’t expect that people would accept me. I was surprised that people accepted me as my authentic self.”
This writer found Deborah Santana to be powerfully honest and a reservoir of life-changing lessons. But more than that, Deborah Santana is an author, philanthropist, supporter of peace and social justice, and mother of three extremely loved children: Salvador, Stella and Angelica Faith.
Ms. Santana is founder of Do A Little, a donor advised fund at the San Francisco Foundation that helps women become healthy, educated and happy, and a Board member for ANSA (Artists for a New South Africa). She mentors girls and young women, and is a supporter of Marian Wright Edelman’s Freedom Schools in New Orleans.
