Hello! This is my first attempt at joining any sort of prepper community. I joined because of a lot of the awesome posts here, plus my boyfriend teases me, so a little support would be nice

I'm Marilyn, originally from NYC and of Colombian heritage. I've read a lot in print and online, and watched a lot of youtube, and have some supplies.
I'm a software engineer, but thinking I might want to turn to something more useful as a career like chemist or biologist. Turned out I have a green thumb, so that was a nice surprise!
Growing up in NYC and in Colombia we experienced emergencies like blackouts for hours or days. In 2003, I think it was, I walked down a small skyscraper, across Manhattan, and into Queens, so that really brought it home to me to be prepared ALWAYS. In any case, I firmly believe prepping is a smart thing to do and should be for anyone and everyone. I live now in a place where everyone pretty much is a prepper by default. Except that I keep prepping a secret. So here I am, willing to try to join others even if just online for now
