On Mothers Day, a Community Gathers
A family, a community, the Venezuelan diaspora that gathers to celebrate life and send words of hope to those we left behind.
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Venezuela, no te rindas. Do not submit.
My effort is infinitesimally small compared to the struggle of the “guarimberos” those who barricade their local neighborhoods to fight the armed forces of the Venezuelan regime.
Dance Away Sadness / A sacudirse la tristeza
Dancing makes me smile broadly, feel sassy, and playful. … I’m learning to dance away my sadness.
Food Insecurity in Venezuela
Today, I just would like to share with you my latest essay published in Nailed Magazine on March 21, 2017. In this essay, I talk about food insecurity in Venezuela, and how the events happening in my beloved country keep affecting me emotionally. Abundance Guilt by Lisbeth Coiman
Indestructible
This is not the end of an era, this is the beginning of social consciousness in America. This is when we become advocates, activists, and badass revolutionaries. We must organize and we must use the Civil Rights Movement as the model to follow. We are now in the resistance.”
Refugees, immigrants, and the illusion of a better life.
Immigrants and refugees alike bring our past, our baggage, and our heritage, the unseen marks that determine the fabric that’ll help us survive the journey or not. Hope is the fuel that moves us all into a better life.
My Work on Hip Mama Magazine
Determined to recover my writing routine, I enrolled in Ariel Gore’s Literary Kitchen Essay intensive in early September. For the next two weeks, I arrived home from work, had dinner and set to write following Ariel’s prompts. This exercise resulted in drafts, for 4- 1000 words essays, and a long,…