To me, travel is more valuable than any stupid piece of bling money can buy

We travel with the same clan over and over again, from one life to the next, until some ultimate purpose is fulfilled and we no longer need to return.

Being Latino means being from everywhere, and that is exactly what America is supposed to be about.

The hospital room was as cold as dead skin, the hallway crowded with lost souls and reeking of illness.

I wish she'd said something different, but patriarchy is as prevalent around the world as racism and xenophobia are. We can't hide from it, not even here.

For some, excavating the past isn’t an adventure, it’s more akin to tearing a Band-Aid off an open wound.

I have never bought into the idea that blood is thicker than water. Love and respect are meant to be earned from our children, our spouses, our families, and our friends.