A real life story of how COVID continues to push one family into povertyWe are all emotionally tired of hearing about the human costs of COVID; our psyches are only built to endure so much, but I have a story to…Apr 29, 2021Apr 29, 2021
Dispatches from Mexico: A conversation with my doormanThis was not meant to be an election story, and in large part, it still isn’t. This is not about the winners and the losers, or even what…Nov 9, 2020Nov 9, 2020
What I want everyone to know about Mexico during COVID-19I’ve been trying to start this story for weeks, but the chaos and uncertainty of this pandemic have made the task of constructing a…Jul 26, 2020Jul 26, 2020
The Ultimate List of Things You Should Know About Mexico CityOn February 23, 2019 my husband and I boarded a one-way plane to Mexico City (CDMX) to live out our (really my) dream of living abroad. In…Jan 27, 2020Jan 27, 2020
America isn’t the Best at Everything, and I’m okay with thatI almost titled this piece Why Every American Should Live Abroad, but the fact is that living abroad is a profound privilege which my…Oct 24, 2019Oct 24, 2019
La Frontera: When “I’m Sorry” isn’t EnoughI’ve spent the last few weeks wrestling with the realities of America’s current policies and attitudes towards immigrants. In my first…Sep 13, 2019Sep 13, 2019
La Frontera: Real Stories from the Mexico/US BorderA few days ago, I returned from two weeks of volunteering in Agua Prieta, Sonora, a Mexican border town across from Douglas, Arizona. I…Aug 30, 2019Aug 30, 2019