Equidad de genero

T-Minus Guatemala (Peace Corps Ending): Tracking Down Teachers Thursday

March 3, 2019March 3, 2019 First Person ForeignEquidad de genero

Thursday was back to reality, but first: banana pancakes. The alarm went off before 8am (in other words, before it should) and I brushed my teeth, boiled my water, poured my coffee grounds, put on[…]

Hi-Lo 8: Coffee & Romance

January 11, 2019January 11, 2019 First Person ForeignBeauty

Cutting Coffee in Rural Guatemala in Santa Clara La Laguna, Sololá

My Weekend with Brócoli

October 17, 2018October 17, 2018 First Person ForeignBlank Slate

On this quiet Sunday afternoon, I was sandwiched squarely between an older, sleeping man and a younger woman in bright coral and pink traje with plastic beading shouting across the neckline. I don’t love this[…]

Riding on Buses with Married Men

June 25, 2018June 25, 2018 First Person ForeignCultural Difference

I had to take 4 buses and 5 hours to get to Tanya for her birthday. To get there I walk out of my house on the corner (after saying bye to Abuelita, Host Mom[…]

‘ito | Foreigner Alphabet

April 30, 2018April 30, 2018 First Person ForeignCultural Difference

‘I’ is not a letter that starts a lot of words in Spanish. Iglesia, sure, izquierda, iniciar, inauguración.. but I can’t think of a ton of Guatemalan expressions that start with the ‘I.’ But when[…]

A Very Unusual February (in Peace Corps)

March 3, 2018March 3, 2018 First Person ForeignBeauty

It turns out that 31 is not too old to experience something new and unexpected for the first time. If you’re starting to feel moldy from routine, Peace Corps is for you. But I’m referring[…]

Agallas | 75 Palabras in Guatemala

December 18, 2017December 18, 2017 First Person Foreign75 Words in Guatemala

October 30th, 2017: Tonight I switched on National Geographic in the hotel. The brownish tile floors, standard flat but not sinking mattresses and the thin blanket are all second nature. But the showers have hot[…]

La Imagen Corporal | 75 Palabras in Guatemala

December 3, 2017December 20, 2017 First Person Foreign75 Words in Guatemala

La Imagen Corporal, Body Image, is a term I learned working with youth. As I spent the better part of a year teaching healthy self-esteem, positive identity and knowing your value as an individual, in[…]

“Vaya” le dije yo | 75 Palabras in Guatemala

August 6, 2017 First Person Foreign75 Words in Guatemala

It’s hard to isolate single words and explain them, mejor usar frases o cuentas completas, because in this culture when I refer to something I learned I remember it in story form. Responses, answers and[…]

Machismo | 75 Palabras in Guatemala

May 7, 2017May 7, 2017 First Person Foreign75 Words in Guatemala

This is about gender roles/roles de género as I see it. My writing shares my opinion, experience and reflections. I can’t speak for the whole country of Guatemala, in fact I don’t speak for Guatemala[…]