October is Latinx Heritage Month in Canada. Reflecting on my Latin American heritage brings both nostalgic joy and a sting of bitterness. 2021 marks a decade since I set foot in Venezuela, a country that shows no progress towards peace or the oil-fueled prosperity that made it so famous in the 20th century. Instead, weContinue reading “My Hispanic Heritage”
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Hipanic Heritage Month
For Hispanic Heritage month, I’ve been reflecting on how hard it was for me to find a voice like mine- a female voice – in Latin literature when I was growing up. Latin America has had highly gifted writers, and I devoured Magical Realism books, which felt so intimate and familiar to me. Reading 100Continue reading “Hipanic Heritage Month”
My Writing Story 