Flourishing: Four Questions
On stress, health, and what it means to flourish from inside a maximum security prison.
Mustafa Davidson
Writer, student of psychology, AVP facilitator
I’m Mustafa, also known as Paulie. I write about identity, justice, and the examined life from Sing Sing, where I study writing and psychology through Hudson Link and facilitate workshops with the Alternatives to Violence Project.
Featured in BEYOND, winner of Best Documentary Feature at the Oxford Film Festival.
Speaking at Hudson Link's Beyond the Block, Sing Sing, 2024
Essays
Gender Constraints
A reflection on masculinity, gender roles, and growing up between two worlds.
Piaget's Final Stage
A reflection on formal operations, planning as survival, and cognitive development in the urban warzone.
My Favorite Subject
An education narrative — how history became my favorite subject, and then broke my heart.
Words Sponsored Me
A literacy narrative — how I learned to read between the lines in the Burnt Down Bronx.