19 Things I Learned in 2019
1. We're not always okay and that's okay. 2. The surest path to regret is assuming you know anything about anyone. 3. That I'm allergic...
The Beauty of Being Bilingual - The New York Times
For the New York Times, I wrote about the bittersweet discovery that language, and the stories it carries, is not a straight path. Read...
18 Things I Learned in 2018
1. The healing power of the right stone, gifted to me by dear friends, at just the right times in my life. 2. To really listen to my...
Choices and Decisions - McSweeney's Publishing
"I would not be alive if not for a series of small heroic acts." For McSweeney's, I wrote about the everyday heroic acts of my...
When the Supernatural is a Natural Part of Your Culture
"I always knew that the main character in my novel would be dead..." Over at Tor.com, I wrote about how terms like fantasy & magical...
Why Saying My Book About Immigration Is So "Timely" Right Now Erases The Experience Of Mil
Immigrant stories are not timely, they're timeless. For Bustle, I wrote about why it's time to listen to and center the voices that have...
Mourning My Birthplace: On Immigration, Family, and the Distance in Between
For Catapult, I wrote about about experiencing life apart from loved ones, and death and grief from afar. "In Spanish, to say I miss you...
17 Things I Learned in 2017
You can't obsess your way out of a problem. If we each do what we can, when we can, honestly and wholeheartedly, we are collectively...
16 Things I Learned in 2016
Some years teach, some years leave you with more questions than answers. (Zora Neale Hurston said this much better: “There are years that...
That Time I Found a Boy in My Room Reading My Journal
Funny story, really… The summer between eighth and ninth grade, I spent much of my time hanging out with my sister and her friends. She’s...
