Updated
April 2008
What I'm working on now (in
The Leonor Hirsch Award
Since
March 2008, I've taken on the role of Directora de Proyecto (or, Project Manager) for a new music
competition to honor the late Leonor Hirsch. For the next several months I'll
be working with the Bunge y Born Foundation to
solicit works from composers and artists from all over the globe. More information in English
and Spanish
available at the Fundación Bunge y Born website.
Copywriting / preparing marketing materials
Since January
2006, I have written newsletters to promote content on LoMásTV—a
website that features Spanish-language video clips and related
language-learning tools. LoMásTV
content draws from many countries' documentaries, TV shows, music videos and
interviews. In each newsletter, I write a language lesson in English about
something notable in the new video clips in Spanish. Sample newsletter
here.
Working
with the Jacobs Agency in Chicago, I
wrote and edited a newsletter for the Federal Reserve Banks called FedFocus
from March 2005 through November 2007) and prepared case studies for the
Federal Reserve Banks and other clients.
Translating from Spanish to English
Since 2006,
I've worked on some small projects in media and the arts, translating Spanish
into flawless English.
Freelance journalism for magazines and websites
I've
contributed to Gridskipper
("The Urban Travel Guide") and Monocle.com
(a new venture from the founder of Wallpaper*).
I'm also writing the occasional magazine article related to
Personal essays
My
contract work has left me some time to write personal essays that may (or may
not) lead to publishable work. I'm primarily writing about three recent events:
§
The
death of my younger brother (March 2005)
§
My
move 5,500 miles south to
§
The
birth of my son (September 2006)
Older writing samples (from when I was based in
Modern Bride 2005
Trendsetters: Hans Xu (Modern Bride,
June/July 2005)
Book
review: The Good Men: A Novel of Heresy
(Radcliffe Quarterly, Fall 2002)
The Story of Bubble Boy (SmartMoney.com, Aug. 2001,
reprinted in the Wall Street Journal Sunday)
Panda Pad (New York Times Magazine, Dec. 2000)
How Sweet It Is (New York Times Magazine, Nov. 2000)
Free
Love (Time Out New York, Mar. 1997)
I wrote hundreds of articles for SmartMoney.com, 1999 to 2003:
