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Jul 25
3 min

9 Rules for the Black Female Birdwatcher

Birds flock together for safety and community; Black female birders MUST do the same and for similar reasons.

Jul 18
20 min

From Red to Purple to Fuchsia

With everyone strapped on their imaginary seat belts, the machine would turn on in three. Two. One.

Jun 28
10 min

What It Means to Be a Black, Indigenous, Latino

There is nothing more fragile in this world than a fragile White man—and that is, tragically, most of them.

May 30
7 min

Deshaciendo la narrativa típica de un estudiante Ivy League

No puede ser, esto está mal. Era dirigido a otra Nicole. Ya mismo me llega otro email diciendo que fue un error.

May 18
4 min

Embrace the ‘ands’

How would I be able to juggle these different identities—graduate student, writer, and Puerto Rican— without one infringing upon the other?

Mar 26
4 min

en Movimiento

Quería gritar: “¡SI, ACEPTO!” Pero traté de mantener la calma.

Mar 24
4 min

The Walls Will Fall One Day if We Keep Growing

“The Wall” — local people like to address it this way. To locals, the mere length or the grandeur of it does not ring any bells.

Mar 20
4 min

On the Move

I wanted to yell and say: “YES I ACCEPT!” But I tried to be cool.

Feb 18
6 min

The Wild Calls. Am I Listening?

My field site was adorned with loads and loads of herps and nobody can tell me otherwise.

Jan 7
7 min

Blowing Away the Ivy Narrative

No way, this is a mistake. This email is probably directed to another Nicole. I’ll get a second email soon saying it was a mistake.

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9 Rules for the Black Female Birdwatcher

From Red to Purple to Fuchsia

What It Means to Be a Black, Indigenous, Latino

Deshaciendo la narrativa típica de un estudiante Ivy League

Embrace the ‘ands’

en Movimiento

The Walls Will Fall One Day if We Keep Growing

On the Move

The Wild Calls. Am I Listening?

Blowing Away the Ivy Narrative

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