I was raised in the quaint town of Locust Valley, New York by my superhuman parents from Chile. Chile is the long one in South America known for its wine, baked empanadas, sassy curses, and a popular referendum, where voters demanded that the Constitution be written by fellow citizens (with half to be women <3). In the tenth grade, I had the chance to enroll at a private school, where I graduated Cum Laude. I later enrolled at Princeton to pursue creative writing, and study Political Theory and Chinese Language and Culture (and eat a lot of Thomas Sweet Ice Cream, a lot).
I co-founded Neruda Ventures in New York City, where we focus our investments in Latin America. I am a dreamer, and love to see a bean grow into a beanstalk. There’s a dance I do when that happens (Mitski is involved, more recently).
I have served as the Recruitment Chair on the Young Leadership Board of America Needs You, a nonprofit organization that fights for the economic mobility of ambitious, first generation college students. I have also mentored at Built By Girls, an organization that prepares female and non-binary students in college and high school for careers powered by technology.
I have been taken by writing since I was little, when I publicly read a short story about a utopia of my making. Imagine one of those pivotal childhood moments they flash to in movies, where the girl is a bit chubby and carries an electronic dictionary at writer’s camp. Now imagine a thought bubble with the words, “I wish to write fantasy.” I never stopped wanting to write fantasy.
I have written for Scientific American and The Huffington Post, and the eleven year old me would be ecstatic (and a bit delirious) to share that I am the author of the magical children’s book series, the Tales of Pumbria.
I live in New York City, and I drink a lot of tea, eat obscene amounts of chocolate, love meeting new people, and occasionally bake. Have you tried Strawberry Pavlova? It’s a cloud melt in your mouth.
Influences: J.R.R. Tolkien, Toni Morrison, Hayao Miyazaki, Violeta Parra, Yayoi Kusama, Jean-Luc Picard, Gandalf, Haruki Murakami, Frida Kahlo, Professor McGonagall, Arcade Fire, Notorious B.I.G., Totoro.