Spanish Linguist, Writer, Translator & Editor

Names are much more than their literal definitions. Names are about language, culture, and more importantly, names hold a myriad of memories. It is no wonder that throughout childhood, we experiment and play with our given names to fit our identities, our true selves. I was named after my maternal abuelita, Teresa. I never thought [...]

A triple-a novel that lures its reader into its action, adventure and artifice while keeping her alert after their first gaffe. Along with having history, politics and religion, The Moses Expedition by Juan Gómez-Jurado, engages its reader from the very first page, an opening with a poem by Sam Keen, How To Create An Enemy. [...]

A Book Review of Telenovela by Victor Cass I was hooked! As a young girl yearning for my Mexican home, my culture, my language, I was hooked on the Spanish channel’s soap operas. Las telenovelas, as popular as the US soap operas and perhaps more so, were my childhood vice. My memories take me back [...]

           I have an extreme dislike to crying. I don’t like to cry and I avoid any situation that will make me cry. It’s fine if others cry, and I’m okay helping others work through their feelings. However, for myself, I rarely give myself the opportunity to cry. Not going to do it. I have experienced [...]