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”
Tag Archives: Migrant Story
Flash Fiction
What color would you give to loss, to saying goodbye perhaps never to meet again? For many Venezuelans, those colors are orange, green, blue and black. These are the colors of the mosaic by local artist Carlos Cruz Diez, which graces the floors and feature walls in the Departures Hall of Simon Bolívar Airport, whichContinue reading “Flash Fiction”
The Ghosts that Brought us Together
How do keep a family together when your country is tearing you apart? In Venezuela during the Chavez-Maduro rule, increased political conflict has separated friends and families. As the economic and political situation became more tumultuous, tales of ghosts and spirits kept us together. These stories – from a child ghost at our grandparents’ homeContinue reading “The Ghosts that Brought us Together”
My Second Soul
“To speak a second language is to have a second soul,” Charlemagne said. Each language has unique expressions and images that we can use to express ourselves, to see the world in a new way. At the age of six I started to learn English, after starting classes in an American school in Holland. IContinue reading “My Second Soul”
My Writing Story 