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Peru’s Victoria Santa Cruz (1922-2014) was an Afro-descendant who spent her life promoting Black consciousness. Through her dancing, she manifested an ancestral memory of movement from West Africa and laid the foundation for much of today’s Afro-Peruvian choreography. But her words in songs and poems are also her legacy. Below is her poem, in the original Spanish, “Me Gritaro...


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I’ve been running on mountain trails for more than 20 years. But in 2026, I am trying something new—I signed up for my first road marathon.

#SquadGoals

As a writer and chef, I’ve earned accolades for my stories and cooking—both solo and in collaborations. And in my youth, I played in a tennis team at my local club. But this is the first time a running team has invited me...


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I love making empanadas. From cooking the filling, to working the dough with my hands, to shaping the empanadas the process is a culinary meditation that connects me to family and our creole roots.

A Family Tradition

Mom told me that my abuelita used to make empanadas and sell them in the street outside her brother’s school in Lima’s working class neighborhood of Barrios...


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Pisco Trail is my online and social media brand. From my website to my Instagram handle @piscotrail and now Substack, my tagline has been:

Journalist and vegan chef from Peru. Dad, husband, trail runner, percussionist.

Over the past 15 years, my stories have focused on...


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