Updated January 19, 2026
I graduated from the University of Arkansas in May 2024 with a degree in entrepreneurship from the Sam M. Walton College of Business.
I’m quietly residing in Northwest Arkansas, where the cold winter days are finally arriving.
Three things I’m focusing on:
- Community project centered around writing and storytelling
- Out of curiosity and duty, I’ve been going around northwest Arkansas interviewing and collecting stories from Hispanic immigrants about what brought them here and what their current home means to them.
- This project has sadly taken an indefinite pause, given how all the other pieces in my life have taken much of my time, but I am slowly returning to it, for it was this project that has allowed me to do what I am doing now.
- Expect to hear back about this very soon.
- Working full-time at the University of Arkansas as a Cultural Programming Coordinator.
- I started on January 5th, 2026, and it’s a more traditional 9-5, office-like environment, except they are very flexible and very accommodating, which is perfect for my next training ground.
- I develop and facilitate events and educational initiatives that promote traditional-focused events and community-building.
- At a university, I’m given a great opportunity to connect with students, professors, and staff alike about the topics I’m most curious about. This is great, given where I am in life right now.
- This role aligns more closely with the kind of work I want to be doing and can even fuel my writing and publishing.
- Working part-time at a digital marketing agency called Storyteller Wordsmith
- I’ve been working with them consistently since April and have enjoyed getting a peek into the world of content writing.
- I’d like to take on more projects with them, but I’ve been too occupied with my personal projects; maybe that’ll change once I have more free time.
What am I reading/listening to?
I’ve created my own playlist on Spotify centered around reading— and sometimes writing. Here’s the link if you’re curious enough. Simin Tander and Dominique Fils-Aimé are two artists I enjoy listening to a lot.
I’m still engrossed in history books, but I’ve also reading essays of certain writers I admire. America, América by Greg Grandin, and Parallel Lives by Plutarch are still two books I’m reading, given how large they are. I am also reading the essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Michel De Montaigne, and James Baldwin. I also somehow ended up reading a few books by David Brooks, mainly The Road to Character and How to Know a Person. I picked up a third book called The Second Mountain, but the first two are already keeping me informed and entertained.