Sharing my story published and nominated for a Pushcart Prize by the Emerald Coast Review.
I don’t know how much weight a nomination holds, but writing is such a vulnerable thing full of so many rejections that any and all acknowledgement feels nice.
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In the Banana Boat's Wake
This personal essay connects my grandfather’s work on a United Fruit Company banana boat with the life of my former student, an undocumented nursing major from Guatemala.