July 20, 2026
I did not learn about values through a textbook. I learned what they mean through moments when living by them meant losing something else. Authenticity. Respect. […]
Altea Journal
The Space Between
July 6, 2026
Some lives become simplified when they are told again and again. Kahlo is often described through one story: the woman who suffered, transformed that suffering into […]
June 20, 2026
I am tired in a particular way right now. Not the tiredness of one hard week. The tiredness of a pattern. Work, eat, a little exercise, […]
June 1, 2026
For a long time, I studied belonging from the outside. My doctoral research was built around what I called the intercultural encounter: the moment when two […]
May 24, 2026
ALTEA comes from the Greek ἀλθαίνω, the verb that means to make whole, to heal. The plant named after it has been offered to the wounded […]