10 Podcast Episodes to Help Educate Us on Modern-day Racism
I'm half-Mexican, and even as such, I have privilege because of looking "not Mexican." I haven't had to endure the racism that my Dad has...
What If George Floyd Was YOUR Son?
A couple of months ago, we showed our kids the movie "Hidden Figures." This movie is about four Black women who worked for NASA in the...
Twelve Years and Counting
I walk into Nagila's apartment, a tiny space in the basement of a hundred-year-old home south of the University of Utah campus, and see...
Mexico Beyond the Beaches
When I was younger and would tell my friends that we were going to Mexico for Christmas, they would say things like, "Oh that's not fair!...
7 Best Mexican Christmas Traditions
Christmas is almost here!! We're celebrating in Mexico this year and so I thought, hey, why not talk about what Christmas is like here...
Four Ways to Make Your Travel More Meaningful (or How to Avoid "The Great Waste")
When I was 17 and had just graduated from high school, I got to go on an amazing 3 week trip to Europe with my AP European History...
Feliz Cinco de Mayo! But it's not really Mexican Independence Day
Happy Cinco de Mayo!! Hey, did you know that May 5th is NOT Mexican independence day? SAY WHAT?! For real. People in Mexico don't even...
How Can an Immigrant "do it the right way?"
Have you ever thought to yourself, "Why can't people who immigrate to the U.S. just do it the right way?" Go ahead. You can admit it....
My Dad Is not a Bad Hombre
Remember that time the U.S. president said Mexico is sending all their worst people, like rapists and other criminals? I took that...
Operation Amigos
Welcome to Operation Amigos! What does that even mean, you ask? It means I'm on a mission that is dear to my heart. And to explain it, I...
