I am a journalist, a writer, and a documentarian, which is possible because I am a woman, a first-generation scholar, and an Afro-Indigenous immigrant from South America. My identity has led me to a path of storytelling. I have a B.S. in journalism and have concentrated on creative nonfiction narrative production relevant to gender, race, and public diplomacy.

My passion and main emphasis are towards amplifying and creating spaces for those whose narratives reflect the diversity of my local and global context. My research and storytelling, regardless of format, follow two criteria: 1. Constantly seeking to create narratives of people often underseen or misrepresented in media—BIP/WOC. 2. Look at the people and the world through a lens driven by openness, curiosity, empathy, and creativity.

I ambition to be a listener to people and their communities and provide platforms for their voices to convey their own—literary, documentary, photographic, you name it!—portrayals where they can recognize their humanity. And more than a listener, a bridge, connecting people through stories and experiences that might be relatable and that we on the other side of the continent might not even perceive—because those stories are yet to be told.

If you stay along the journey, you will remain open, curious, empathetic, and, perhaps, creative enough to imagine other realities.