Sonatinas of autumn and spring As I write these words, I can hear birds singing outside my window, a curious occurrence considering I’m on the 16th floor of a high-rise in the urban jungle of New York. The sun that rises ever so slowly against the buildings across the way suggests a warm day, the […]
Reading is a superpower, supercharge it by being bilingual! Speaking two languages is an asset. Reading in two languages only adds to the gifts of bilingualism. Every day, I share with my students and teachers that bilingualism is a superpower. If you speak English and Spanish, this is an asset which can significantly and positively […]
La Llorona. The weeping woman. Why do women weep? For many reasons. We all have so many different reasons to weep. This month, Women’s History month, I propose a re-evaluation of a legend that is one of the most persistent and deeply rooted in the Latin American collective imagination. La Llorona. First of all, who […]
Astronauts, Explorers, Poets How many unexpected changes have we all had to deal with in the almost two years of pandemic life? Everyone has a story: a drama, a crisis, a bad surprise, a misfortune, large or small, during this stranger-things time that so many of us have likened to a science fiction movie. Recently, […]
A Journey into the New Year It’s inevitable. In the passage that is marked by the end of one year and the start of a new one, we humans seem to instinctively enter into a period of reflection and repose, in which we review the good and the bad of the previous year and project […]
Beyond the celebration Holiday season is upon us again. In reality the holiday surge started in October with Columbus Day, also referred to as Indigenous Peoples’ Day, followed by Halloween and the Day of the Dead, two ancient celebrations that have gained renewed traction in recent years. In the US, November also brings with it […]