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Welcome to
my 5-9

Advertising is my third attempt at a career. Before all this, I studied Middle Eastern Media and came 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 States, 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. 

Photography

I love taking amateur photos, and I recently won first place in the Children’s category of the IPPAWARDS. Guess you could say I’ve been promoted to the family’s official portrait photographer.

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Are We Crazy, Or Are We Just Latin?

For the last few years, I've been working towards a creative writing certificate through UCLA Extension. I'm writing a mystery novel about my eccentric Venezuelan family, appropriately titled Are We Crazy, Or Are We Just Latin? 

Take a peak, but don't tell my mom!

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MA, Media and the Middle East

Across the world, Indigenous communities are reclaiming their histories from former colonial powers. While I could never fully understand the struggles of Palestinians and other displaced peoples, studying their art at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, taught me a lot about resilience. Check out some of my publications on the subject.

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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 abroad and being a foreigner. These are my best pieces so far. 

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