Remembering Tia Vilma
My Tia Vilma passed away last week. Since learning of the news, I've been thinking about how out of all the tias and tios I've been reunited with, I saw her the most, and yet, I also feel like I hardly know her.
Nelson/Roberto
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I'm working on an auto-fiction novel and a documentary film about my life as one of El Salvador's disappeared children.
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Taste, execution, and resilience. The three parts to making our art.
Studying a wide range of artists and entrepreneurs led me to identify three themes that are essential to making “art.” They are taste, execution, and resilience.
Misfit Con: A Home for Dreams, Doers, and Makers
Memories of summer camp Growing up, my brother and I would spend our summers at Camp Frank A. Day. Those days spent on the shores
Why you should support (and share) your friend’s work
I noticed something recently. People, for the most part, don’t share their friends’ “work.” By work I don’t mean 9-to-5 day job type stuff, I mean their passion projects. But why is that?
The Paradox of Not, Not Working
Not too long ago I realized that there are plenty of times when I'm not actively working, but I'm not exactly disengaged either. But I struggled with what to make of these activities in between working and not working.
Libertad: A song for my birth mother
A song written by my biological father in memory of his wife, and my mother, who died during El Salvador’s civil war. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spanish
15 Years of Anna’s Taqueria
In 2011, one of my favorite restaurants, Anna's Taqueria, held a contest to celebrate its 15th anniversary. The winner received a party catered