Thanks to a very strange series of events that took place in our universe, I exist.
➳The question now is what to do about that.
Every place I’ve ever lived in has left its mark on me and how I see the world:
Every place I’ve ever lived in has left its mark on me and how I see the world:
I was born in LA but grew up in the Pacific North West. I spent the first 16 years of my life there, but I no longer live in the United States because I don’t feel culturally American and because there is still so much more world left to see.
That being said I’m grateful for everything that this country has given me, including my annoying willingness to throw myself into completely unrealistic projects.
I spent 3 months living here in late 2016. This is the place where most of my family most recently comes from, and I can’t deny a connection with the culture. I’ve never felt fully “American.”
My time there was bittersweet, though. To many Argentinians, I am a Yanqui (Yankee) and not one of them. In the words of Facundo Cabral:
“no soy de aquí, ni soy de allá.”
(I am not from here, nor am I from there.)
Mexico was a place of intense creative freedom for me. The country is thrumming with energy. I spent 6 and 1/2 months there in 2019, which were some of the most intense months of my career and marked the take-off of my channel.
I have wonderful memories of Mexico and its people. I relished the openness I felt to experiment and try things, officially living on my own for the first time.
And of course, I cannot speak of Mexico without mentioning my love for café de olla. :)