For essays about life and language in Costa Rica, check out my Love in Translation project.

Medium, November 2016: “The Problem with Valleys”

Huffington Post, October 2016: “The Children’s Book that Explains the 2016 Election”

Huffington Post Politics, June 2016: “The Ten Trump Commandments”

Mamalode, August 2015: “Why My Miscarriage Made Me a Mom”

Huffington Post Parenting, July 2015: “The Most Perfect Metaphor for New Motherhood”

My column “Maeology” in The Tico Times: Bimonthly column about Costa Rican culture and language, including “A Love Letter to Costa Rica’s Second Language,” “The Amazing True Story of ‘Tuanis’ and ‘Brete’,” and  “What I’ll Tell My Daughter about La Sele, 2014”

Huffington Post Third Metric, December 2014: “Work at home? Here’s the only gift you need this year”

Huffington Post Politics, July 2014 – “The United States Isn’t the ‘Best in the World,’ and I Couldn’t Be Prouder”

Huffington Post Women, May 2014 – “Five Reasons to Shut Up This Mother’s Day“