As a blogger and memoirist, I write real stories about mental illness, child abuse, language barriers, and identity. My debut memoir "I Asked the Blue Heron" is now available in stores and online in Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Kobo.

I Asked the Blue Heron: A Memoir

  I write to survive the shipwreck of my childhood, holding on a piece of debris, adrift in the dark, deep ocean that is my mind. I write to understand the shifting world around me, throwing me off balance, taking away my sanity along with the cardboard boxes in the moving truck. I write to…

On Becoming a Writer

My second grade teacher in the Grupo Escolar Simón Rodríguez, la Maestra Olga, asked the children in khaki pants and red gingham dresses in front of her to write a composition about a popular character in our town, Guarenas. Sitting towards the front of the class, I reached inside my bag for the thin Cuaderno…

Venezuela: Maduro Gives Away Natural Resources to Russia

In my blog, Wednesdays are for Venezuela. Today I’d like to share with my readers the article titled “Russia, Venezuela Discuss Citgo Collateral Deal to Avoid US Sanctions” appeared in Hydrocarbon Processing, a magazine well-known among oil refiners on July 21, 2017. Chavez sold Venezuela’s soul to the Castro brothers in Havana, and now Maduro is…