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title: My 30th Birthday Gifts To You – Dr. Rowena Briones Winkler
description: It is now 12:30 a.m. on March 16th. 30 years ago I was born at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philly. Today is my birthday. I've decided to do something a little different today. After watching the movie Happy (which was recommended to me by one of my students, thanks John!), I realized that it…
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# [My 30th Birthday Gifts To You – Dr. Rowena Briones Winkler](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/blog/2016/03/16/my-30th-birthday-gifts-to-you)

 Written by [Dr. Rowena Briones Winkler](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/blog/author/dr-rowena-briones-winkler) | Mar 16, 2016, 4:00:00 AM

### **It is now 12:30 a.m. on March 16th.**

### **30 years ago I was born at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philly.**

### **Today is my birthday.**

I’ve decided to do something a little different today. After watching [the movie Happy](http://www.thehappymovie.com/)(which was recommended to me by one of my students, thanks [John](https://twitter.com/jawnsween)!), I realized that it is in the act of giving that we derive much happiness. So, in the spirit of today, I decided to do some giving of my own on a more interesting scale:

 

For those of you who weren’t able to follow my verbage, **the first 30 people who reach out to me** (via email, text message, FB message, tweet, commenting here, etc.) will be **given a YouTube video gift from me in the format of their choice**. Those of you who know me well know that I love to sing, but I am also open to reading your favorite poem, acting out your favorite scene from a play or a movie, writing a spoken word on your favorite topic – your choice! I can’t guarantee that I can get them all done in the most timely fashion (especially while wedding planning, whoops haha) but it will get done I promise!

[The final products will all be compiled here](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL67mC_WnQna0mlkJ7Eu1t67B2KJNZsCwT). I will make sure to let y’all know via social media when things get uploaded, and we’ll see how this goes!

Yay birthday! 

 

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