What I actually spend most of my time doing is reading and writing:


  • I co-curate a monthly book club with Yan Wang- we choose books, read them, meet to talk about them, draw the covers, and publish brief thoughts. If you're looking for a good book to read next, please check it out, and if you do read one of them, tell us about it.


  • I also co-founded a community blog called Limanatural with Rocío Lopez de la Lama and Armando Valdés Velásquez, which provides a space for limeñxs to write about their city and their vision for the city. As part of this project, we created social media accounts and produced short teaser videos. It's on hiatus now, but all the posts are still available and we're cooking up some ideas for the future.


  • I have training in translation from and to Spanish, and have translated interviews, transcripts, videos, stories, poetry, reports, and instruction manuals. I love editing and find it rejuvenating to learn about other people's work and think about the relationship between structure and content- I've done this both professionally and recreationally. Credits for translation and editing work are available upon request.


  • I have formed part of communications teams at various organizations Including the Wildlife Conservation Society, Graduate Students United, and the Museum of Jewish Heritage. I have undergone and lead media training, as well as written press releases, created materials for business and donor outreach, carried out outreach projects, run social media accounts, and put together photography exhibitions.

science communications pieces

"Water connects the basin, the Internet less so" (2021) Amazon Waters Initiative

"To Protect the Most Species, Plan for Freshwater Conservation" (2021) Amazon Waters Initiative

"Healthy Fisheries Mean Healthy People" (2021) Amazon Waters Initiative

"How to Identify an Important Freshwater Fish Spawning Area" (2021) Amazon Waters Initiative

"When Migratory Catfishes Go Up the River" (2021) Amazon Waters Initiative

“Three methods to learn about fish migrations in the Amazon” (2019) Amazon Waters Initiative

“The Complex History of Amazonian Water” (2019) Amazon Waters Initiative

“Hidrovía Amazónica: ¿Quién gana y quién paga?” (2018) Amazon Waters Initiative

“For Many Fish, Forest is Just as Necessary as Water” (2018) Amazon Waters Initiative

“Consider the tambaqui” (2018) Amazon Waters Initiative

“The case for citizen science in the Amazon” (2017) Amazon Waters Initiative

“Potential Impacts of Planned Andean Dams Outweigh Benefits, Scientists Say” (2017) Amazon Waters Initiative

“Amazonian Peatlands: The Rarest Wetlands are also the Most Important When It Comes to Carbon” (2017) Amazon Waters Initiative

“Gal Science: Stalking Zombie Tree Swallows at Dawn.” (2014) The Toast

other pieces

“Colloquium Under a Palm Tree.” (Invited Text, 2020) In Session: Jacobo Zambrano & Minh Nguyen at Threewalls Chicago

“The Exotic is Never at Home” (Film in collaboration with Jacobo Zambrano, 2019-2020)

exhibited at: Campamento para Jóvenes Naturalistas | Museo de la Ciudad, Querétaro, CDMX.

Arts & Science Graduate Collaboration Exhibit | Logan Center, Chicago, IL (with accompanying text)

“Joy, Loss, Ants” (2019) The Daily Ant

“The Place Where You Live: Lima, Perú” (September/October 2015) Orion Magazine

“Gotta Collect ‘Em All: My World Cup Sticker Album” (2014) The Toast