To Give & To Receive

When my friend Cindy invited me to Cuba with her, I couldn’t resist. If you know me, you know Cuba is like home. When she told me she would gather donations before her visit to Cuba, I was excited to participate and provide some of my friends and their friends with items that were inaccessible to them due to inflation in Cuba and/or the U.S. embargo.

Dear Mami

Thank you for the dances, Mami. Who knew in my 20s I would love salsa so much. Thank you for you heart. So deep, so vast, so pure, so strong. Thank you for always being there, and for always loving me, in your own way. I will always be your wicked witch of the east. You will always be my woman, my mamita, tan linda.

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Night Life [2023]


2022 was a sea of deception and disillusionment. It was constant. A current that my powers couldn’t prevent, that is, until they could. In this life, on our collective journey, all I want to reach is what ultimately we all desire: happiness. There are moments that reveal to us these possibilities, and we become enveloped in them (or if you’re a scorpio, obsessive), praying that that moment, or that person, is the answer to all of our wishes.

Spring has Sprung

What a better time to write than when you're experiencing a lot of change in your life? Doesn't matter how big or how small the change is, or how positive or how negative. Since I was a little girl I always liked to document my changes--whether it was a new school, a new crush (and I had many!), new bochinche (gossip) going on in school, I liked to transfer my thoughts onto paper…

Serendipity

I'm still on this rollercoaster that only goes up; I feel this way, happy, despite the fright I experienced this summer (I'll get into that later). As summer 2017 comes to an end, and I reflect on the season and the year so far (because when am I not reflecting?)...

Current Self

I slipped on this dress, a gift from my little sister, and it fit my body the way the perfect necklace softly hangs around your neck--gentle, light, and beautiful. But there was one apprehension...one qualm, if you will...

Cuban Style

From the moment we begin school, when we're 3, 4 or 5, we are taught and expected to get a job and earn money in order to some day own assets and support ourselves and our families. Unfortunately, the things we are truly passionate about...

What is Love?

It's been about a month since I last posted! My goal is to post at least once a month, that is, until I live a more sustainable lifestyle and can dedicate my free time to writing (I'll say a little more about that in my next post, stay tuned!)...

Year of Travel

What do you know, I am still reflecting on 2016. You know how we call someone who is aware and understanding of what is going on in the world (specifically with issues related to social justice and race) "woke"? 2016 is the year I woke up from a deep sleep...

Kindness of Strangers

The final bell rung, and I was out of the building faster than you could say, "It's winter break!" I got home, did some last minute packing, and by 8:00 pm my sister and her boyfriend were driving me to JFK...

To Live For

A few days ago, I was walking through SoHo and came across a coffee shop with a window that said, "To Live For." As I was walking I kept repeating this phrase to myself, "To Live For." You don't really hear that too often, do you?...

Here Comes the Sun

To whoever is reading this right now, thank you so much for joining me on this very exciting, ineffable, journey. It took a lot of cojones for me to get here. Writing has always been my passion, my therapy, my joy...