* Trigger warning: contents of this post could trigger memories or unpleasant feelings. Please be kind to yourself and avoid the paragraphs in italics. “Upon my arrival to cover the border, I find out about the drama of migrants who die in the desert and I begin to follow the…

“Imagine working while you are constantly checked out, being looked at like a piece of meat”, Ksenia Svetlova I visited Israel and Jordan in December 2022 and spoke to a dozen journalists about what it was like to cover the conflict and the region. yet I wanted to think about…

Diseñar herramientas para que las y los periodistas cuiden su salud mental y su bienestar ha sido mi tarea como fellow del programa JSK de periodismo en la Universidad de Stanford. Me he concentrado en crear espacios, interacciones y narrativas que puedan fomentar conversaciones que cambien la cultura y que…

This year as a JSK Journalism Fellow at Stanford I have been concentrating on designing tools for journalists to care for their mental health and wellbeing. Spaces, interactions, narratives that can foster culture changing conversations that engage media professionals individually or as a group. Yet, I regularly encounter a very…

“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” ― Audre Lorde Liquid Flow is a dance and movement class at Stanford described in the Theatre and Dance Department prospectus as “teaching the fundamentals of dance technique and addressing the way that…

I have been browsing the Internet, looking for a yoga/wellness retreat in the Tri-State area. I thought of how much I was prepared to pay for it? What affordable meant when your wellness is involved.I also looked for a space where religiosity was not imposed on me. I am all…

Estoy viendo La Casa de las Flores con una fascinación casi enfermiza. Cuando veo a la Vero y esa forma digna y segura de ser una pésima actriz y cantante y al tiempo hacerlo con tanto estilo recuerdo cuando en México nos conformábamos con la tele, la música, la ropa…

Esta semana me sometí a una intervención quirúrgica programada. Llevábamos mi ginecóloga y yo observando los miomas crecer y ocupar espacio, amenanzantes. 12 cms fueron la medida de la decisión quirúrgica que nos tomó un año concretar. …

The sleeping princess…that is how my friend described her native Tegucigalpa to me, while a reddish sunset unfolds from the Suyapa Sanctuary. It is always amazing to see how proud people are of their place of birth. For my friend and for Honduras national love and pride is an act of resistance. Pride in their achievements, national cuisine, challenges and football (in spite the upsetting 6–0 against the US this weekend)