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Advertising is actually my third attempt at a career. Before all this, I studied Middle Eastern Media and came super close to getting a PhD in Palestinian Visual Culture. I lived in Europe for 5 years bouncing from one country to the next. When I finally returned to the US, I got a gig at a local elementary school teaching special needs kids. It was a long journey getting here. Mais je ne regrette rien! Every experience in life is leading you to the life you're meant to live.
Are We Crazy, Or Are We Just Latin?
Here's a sneak peak of my upcoming novel!
Sarasin’s family has always been loud, passionate, and superstitious—your typical Latino household. But after her Abuela's suspicious death and her beloved Uncle Migo’s bipolar diagnosis, she begins to see the family lore in a new, unsettling light. Spirits. Secrets. Visions. Is it all madness? Or is this simply the way Latins love, grieve, and remember? As Sarasin tries to make a case for her family’s sanity—and, by extension, her own—the same question keeps coming up: Are we crazy, or are we just Latin?
Palestinian Visual Culture (MA, SOAS)
Across the world, Indigenous communities are reclaiming their histories from former colonial powers. Though I could never fully understand the struggle of Palestinians and other displaced peoples, studying their art at The School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London taught me the meaning of resilience. Check out my publications on the subject!
Erasure Poetry
I have a tradition. Whenever I find myself in a new country, I buy a copy of Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man and make erasure poetry out of the pages. It's a way of owning the loneliness that tends to seep in at the one-year mark of living as a foreigner. These are my best pieces so far.
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