Model Ricans AND Latina.BOMB!
Note to reader: This is a dynamic page. That means it’s a work-in-progress. I edit and revise as I figure out my story, take classes, …
Portfolios
NASHP.org
In 2011, I landed a part-time gig as a web content manager for the National Academy for State Health Policy, aka NASHP, a think tank …
COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Tracker
This vaccine mandate tracker I built with NASHP state health policy researchers in June 2021 has been repeatedly cited by the New York Times, Washington …
THE NINE LIVES OF MARIA LA GATA
A NOVEL I am revising about my great-grandmother who was a rum runner in 1920s Puerto Rico.© November 18, 2021 THE NINE LIVES OF MARIA …
How the Heck is Vieques?
Twenty years ago, shortly after 9/11, I wrote this article for New America Media and it “went viral” in newspapers all over California, including the …
When I met Stan Lee
I thought this was my “big break” into Hollywood. A Latino investor I had interviewed for “The Angel Journal” introduced me to his other client …
Love Cubed
“Love Cubed” was the working title of a novel I wrote in Miami under my pen name Kemila Velan. It’s about three people who had …
Sirens
In 2001, I started writing my first novel. It was inspired by the view through my apartment window in the Tenderloin District of San Francisco. …
When I met Julia Alvarez
The very last story I published at Latino.com on January 25, 2001 was an interview with one of my favorite authors Julia Alvarez. Eighteen years …
Infographics Tell Complex Stories Quickly
This was another NASHP product I created using Infogram. I asked the health policy researchers to write a script and then I translated it into …