For those of you who don’t know, I’ve been in Germany on workcation for the last four months. Next month, I’m back to home sweet adopted home Chiapas and I have to say, I’m pretty pumped. My time in Germany has felt like one, long, neverending workday. Sure, I’m here with my San Cris sweetheart. [...]
Last month, 1,200 people marched through San Cristóbal de las Casas to demand justice for Itzel Yaneth Méndez Pérez, a seventeen year old woman whose body was discovered on [...]
I ran for my camera to catch this moment–best friends chatting during a class break. (They caught me.) When I showed them the shots, I learned how to say, “I need to pull up my pants!” in Tzotzil.
Tomorrow at this time, my tocalla Raquel and I will be surrounded by 500 other artists and activists in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala at the opening of the 2nd Latin American Reunion of the Theatre of the Oppressed. The Theatre of the Oppressed (TO) was pioneered by Brazilian artist Augusto Boal as a means of [...]
Chalchihuitán always has a secret tucked in its back pocket. When I think of Chalchi, it is covered in mist, revealing your next step only when you make it.
I’ve never had nerves on opening night. If anything, I’ve worried my way into a weak stomach in solidarity with my fellow castmates, but, in reality, I’m right as rain in front of a rising [...]
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