Adios 2020. Hello 2021!

January 1, 2021.Reading time 9 minutes.

2020 is over and I was reflecting on this tough year through my pictures.A little year ago, at the end of 2019, I was so looking forward to 2020, which was going to end with a trip to my homeland, Peru. Things were going so well and the upcoming year looked so eventful and promising. […]

Opening the Wounds – Black Lives Matter

June 13, 2020.Reading time 16 minutes.

Opening the wounds. Are we finally done tolerating the mistreatment of black people? I heard that said by a news-reporter this morning on Good Morning America – ‘Opening the wounds’. These past two weeks have definitely opened up the wounds for me and lots of people. My heart aches, but it also cries with hope.It has […]

Happy Earth Day!

April 22, 2017.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Please be good to Planet Earth! Pick up trash, recycle, don’t use plastic, try not to use too much paper. Because this is Planet Earth and we need it! Much love! <3 #HappyEarthDay

I am an immigrant

March 7, 2017.Reading time 1 minute.

This is the face of an immigrant. Our family came over from Peru in the early 70’s. Like many Hispanics and immigrants, we came over for a better life, better education. All I know is this country. All I have ever known is to be American, even when I was still technically Peruvian. We are […]

LGBT – Love is Love

June 16, 2016.Reading time 1 minute.

Right before I became a teenager, I was living outside of Houston. It was the early 80’s. My two eldest sisters used to run away from our nightmarish home to downtown, where they used to go and hang out with their friends in the clubs. My parents weren’t okay with their friends because most of […]