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Identity & Immigration
What it costs to belong — and what you carry when you don't.
View allOct 2025
She told us to come…
A poem about arriving in America with hope, and what the welcome mat actually says.
ReadJun 2025
Growing up in Cuba meant…
Mango juice, abuelas, and the art of packing a suitcase before you know where you're going.
ReadDec 2025
Solidarity on a Subway Car
On the moments when strangers remind you that showing up is everything.
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Tech & Power
Twenty years inside the machine. What I saw, and who wasn't in the room.
View allJan 2026
What my mom thinks about ChatGPT
She squinted at my phone like it was a magic trick she didn't trust. Then she said: "Like you?"
ReadJan 2026
And the bodies fall…
The stock market rises. The algorithm feeds. And something important keeps getting buried in the noise.
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Money Structures
How money works, and who it was designed to work for.
View allJan 2026
Afraid to spend what I worked so hard to save
I've looked at the flights. My finger hovers over confirm and doesn't click.
ReadJan 2026
Something I can afford to buy, but won't
Three months circling the same couch. $2,100. Perpetually open in a browser tab I refuse to close.
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