i like to say that The name ‘madre desmadrosa’ was gifted to me. it is MY way of RECLAIMING ALL THE TIMES SOMEONE ATTEMPTED TO GIVE ME SHAME THAT WAS NOT INTENDED TO BE MINE TO CARRY, because I have none. becoming a single mother at 19, i learned that people were already putting me into boxes i never consented to. deciding to parent my child on my own led to anything i did to be seen out of the ordinary and labeled me as a loca, desmadrosa, or even a sin verguenza. instead of letting those words harm me, i took them and embraced it all… and then wrote about it! i write for all the women, two spirited and non binary people that never fill the expectations society created for us. we were created to break all the boxes our society has attempted to place us in. my writing is meant to empower our vulnerabilities and give a special place for our grief to live, so we don’t have to carry it alone.

My writing journey began at a very young age. I spent many days lost within the books of my local public library in the best hood of south seattle, Blvd park. in that library, i wrote my first fiction short stories and poems. writing for me has been an outlet to put all of my feelings and thoughts onto paper and release it. I was always deeply inspired by latine writers and wanted to create beautiful stories like theirs. because of life happening and suddenly becoming a single mother, i left my writing for a while until my mid twenties. returning to writing initially was for personal journaling. as time went by i wrote more poems and made special appearances at local open mics, with most of my poems focusing on heartbreak (sad gurl 4lyfe) and past life experiences such as motherhood.

on march 2, 2023 i self published my first poetry book, Sad Gurl hourz — a loving collection of new and old poems all centered around heartbreak and grieving all forms of love. you can read more about it here.

since then i have been working on my next book, Flores de mayo. the current release date is tbd but it will be coming soon! Flores de mayo is my love letter to my family and beautiful p’urhepecha territory. the book will include a collection of short stories, both fiction and non-fiction, and poems. each dedicated to a different family member on my mother’s side that shaped me into the desmadrosa i am today. You can read my introduction here.

when i’m not writing you can find me on ig posting all different types of relajo and getting the party started con mi tequilita y jenni rivera bumping in the background. this space is dedicated to all the women that came before me. especially las viejas locas de tingambato, michoacan que les dicen las cuerudas. que viva la palabra de la mujer✨