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Emillio Mesa

@emilliomesa.bsky.social
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Life like special events are ephemeral & I plan all of them.✍🏽Bylines: The NY Times, NY mag, HuffPost, OUT, Interview, QZ+++Two Anthologies HuffPost Voices: tinyurl.com/yjur8a2u www.linkedin.com/in/emillio-mesa-75…

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Emillio Mesa @emilliomesa.bsky.social · 55m
My new essay in @businessinsider.com #immigrant #education #US #DominicanRepublic #ESL www.businessinsider.com/immigrant-st...
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I moved between 2 countries and languages as a teen. I got very good at proving myself.
I attended four high schools while moving between the US and Dominican Republic. Constantly being misjudged taught me to advocate for myself.
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Emillio Mesa @emilliomesa.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
This is my new essay and one of the topics in my book in progress). Special thanks to @conz.bsky.social for being such a great editor and @profsue123.bsky.social for the connection and continued support. #immigration #assimilation #esl www.businessinsider.com/im-bilingual...
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I moved between New York and the Dominican Republic as a kid. I was made fun of because of my accent.
I moved between New York City and the Dominican Republic.
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Emillio Mesa @emilliomesa.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
My, homegirl, Mami, Dolores, always hooks my hair UP #makeithigher#dominicans #doloresbeautysalon 21 years now❣️🙃😘 #fadecut
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Emillio Mesa @emilliomesa.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
I had a short piece published in @nytimes.com #tinylovestories Mine is “Unexpected News.” #younglove #nyc #babyname www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/s...
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Tiny Love Stories: ‘A Wise Friend Warned Me About Divorce’
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Emillio Mesa @emilliomesa.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
I’m late to the party here, but will catch up. This is the essay I wrote for @queerloveproject.bsky.social for #pridemonth2025 Insipred by @barbrastreisand.bsky.social song #thewaywewere open.substack.com/pub/queerlov...
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The Way We Weren’t: Inside the Leo Cave
We met as two young men from different cultures. Although we drifted apart, our lives remained inextricably linked in ways I never could have imagined.
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Emillio Mesa @emilliomesa.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
We need to practice self-balance more than ever! #yingyang #writerscommunity #life #us
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Emillio Mesa @emilliomesa.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
I did the @merriam-webster.com screenshot gif for my word for 2025 and this is what I got. I’ll take it #writingcommunity #beautiful
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Emillio Mesa @emilliomesa.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
It’s been said that with every passing year…And I am so honored and blessed, and humbled that my chosen family, continues to want to share their narrative with me. You know you who all are here and IRL. Happy New Year’s familia 🤜🏽✍🏽💯❣️😘#happynewyear2025 #writingcommunity
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Emillio Mesa @emilliomesa.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Wishing everyone a Feliz Christmas & Hanukkah #holidays #writingcommunity #lights
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Emillio Mesa @emilliomesa.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
I knew by the eyebrows and fresh cut. Grooming never lies! There’s more to this. #haircut #luigimangione #eyebrows
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Emillio Mesa @emilliomesa.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
It really is #jamesbladwin #memoir #writingcommunity am I wrong?!
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Emillio Mesa @emilliomesa.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Ok. I need my own podcast. That moment when a director of a co, during an interview, says “I don’t like sleep. I live for this job.” Guuurl! Mami. This needs to be unpacked! Am I wrong?! #podcast #interview #writingcommunity #job
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Emillio Mesa @emilliomesa.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
This should be a way of life at this point #socialdistance #protectyourenergy #goodvibesonly #happyholidays
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Emillio Mesa @emilliomesa.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
The role of the #artist is crucial to life. Thx @jordanbpeterson.com.web.brid.gy for the reminder #wordstoliveby #neverforget #writingcimmunity #memoir
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Emillio Mesa @emilliomesa.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
I would seriously go back to the #dominicanrepublic just for this ginormous, #monster of an #empanada #foodcoma #delicious #writingcommunity #boss
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Emillio Mesa @emilliomesa.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Great advice for every writer or anyone with a dream that gets rejections #elizabethgilbert #eatpraylove #writingcommunity #memoir #bhagavadgita #wordstoliveby #fruitsoflabor #writer
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Emillio Mesa @emilliomesa.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
It’s good to be with family on #thanksgiving especially if you haven’t always been close. At my brother’s home #turkey #buffettable #family #food
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Emillio Mesa @emilliomesa.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Guilty! My #memoji got me perfectly. This is so me! Attach an #iphone with #airpods and it’s completely me! #AI is fascinating yet creepy and I’m also “animated!” 🤦🏽🤣 #apple
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Emillio Mesa @emilliomesa.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
I discovered a new podcast #whatitsliketobe about my never ending curiosity with other ppl’s jobs. I’m excited yet jealous I didn’t think of it first 🤭 #podcast #jobs #people #writingcommunity behavioralscientist.org/finding-out-...
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Finding Out 'What It’s Like to Be...' Through Slow Curiosity - Behavioral Scientist
Curiosity can be a means to an end. But couldn’t it also be … the end? A reward in itself? Maybe we need a slow curiosity movement.
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Emillio Mesa @emilliomesa.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
She’s correct! This reboot needs to happen, stat! #mudershewrote OR Murder They Wrote! I’m so down #jessicafletcher #writingcommuniry #angelalansbury #onlymurdersinthebuilding #ryanmurphy #truecrime #serialkiller
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Emillio Mesa @emilliomesa.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Things that continue to petrify me: adults that act like children and children that act like adults. I know there are terms for this. But we’re beyond that point #infantilization #parentification
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Emillio Mesa @emilliomesa.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
This is so…🤜🏾 💥 “Just take them and leave me alone.” By #iranian artist #raoofhaghighi #womanlifefreedom #bodyimage #womenrights #womenhealth #herbody #reproductiverights #freedom #feminism #loveyourbody
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Emillio Mesa @emilliomesa.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Sometimes you need…a hug on a plate #whiterice #comfortfood #caribbean #itscoldoutside #realmencook
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Emillio Mesa @emilliomesa.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
This is a great article about finding one’s own true writing voice thx @literaryhub.bsky.social #sylviaplath #thebelljar #writing #writingcommunity #mentalhealth #diary #journaling
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Emillio Mesa @emilliomesa.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
This is what #writing a #memoir means to me #letitgo #pastpresentfuture
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Emillio Mesa @emilliomesa.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Yes. I love to make the beloved crescent moon shaped patties with the fork markings #empanada They were always a hit at my curated #dinnerparty #homemade #host #eatwith #chef #holidays #writer #writing #memoir #foodstories #caribbean #dominicanrepublic
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Emillio Mesa @emilliomesa.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
This is not a colorized pic from 1937 Germany. What gave it away? It was yesterday in Columbus, Ohio #1937Germany #nazis #thirdreich #hitler #columbusohio #march #donaldtrump #happymonday
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Emillio Mesa @emilliomesa.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
I will pray at her alter. Because she did cut a b***h! Bless the person that did this #lorenabobbitt #feminism #selfdefense #nomeansno #domesticabuse #mybodymychoice #reproductiverights #patronsaint
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Emillio Mesa @emilliomesa.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Goes to show that every generation has the same complaint. Image back then without #socialmedia #memoir #collectionofessays #writingcommunity #parents #children
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Emillio Mesa @emilliomesa.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Sometimes there’s an article that’s published at the perfect time. Not only because I❣️Anne Rice’s books, this movie, New Orleans and the beauty of the dark arts. Solidarity, sorry & thank you @wolfievibes.bsky.social 🙏🏽💯😘 #interviewwithavampire @salonnewsroom.bsky.social
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"Interview with the Vampire" reminds us, 30 years later, that hope springs eternal
Finding something to hold onto, like Louis’ vampire child or a dog named Dracula, can pull us back to life
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Emillio Mesa @emilliomesa.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
That’s right! We are the original #og #computer #ai #tech #history #facts historyfacts.com/science-indu...
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“Computers” used to be people.
In today’s English lexicon, the word “computer” almost exclusively refers to electronic devices — but it used to be a human job. For centuries, “computer” meant “one who computes,” particularly in an ...
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Emillio Mesa @emilliomesa.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
It’s funny because it’s true 🤣 This is what #zoom meetings are like #inabox within a #puzzle #muppets #writingcommunity
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Emillio Mesa @emilliomesa.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
This is my first post. Thanks @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social for writing this. It’s a new, and much needed, online era #bluesky #linkedin #brevitymagazine
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