EXPLORE (TACA)
Wrote freelance features and sourced photos for Explore, the airline in-flight magazine of TACA, which connected the major markets of South America and North America. The features below are typical — a nine-page family-tourism piece on Washington, DC, for the July 2010 issue, and a 12-page Christmas piece on Riviera Maya, Mexico, for the December 2007 issue.
WASHINGTON
Majestic city on the Potomac
is designed to inspire confidence
Washington has been my inspiration, escape, and second home for 35 years. As a kid, Washington sparked my love for architecture and appreciation for great museums. In business, it taught me to wear a blue suit, white shirt, and red tie. During my activist days, the city offered symposia at Georgetown and rallies at the Capitol. 
Today I get to share Washington with my son, José, who grew up in Caracas, learned English in Miami, then moved here for his dream job in medical research.
The first time he visited, young José saved the brochure from the Library of Congress on which he wrote: “Voy a vivir en esta ciudad algún día, de verdad estoy enamorado de esta ciudad.”
Download a PDF file of the complete story, Explore 07/2010, feature. Photo above by Jeff Borg.
CHRISTMAS IN CANCÚN
Intercontinental family abandons tradition
for a holiday reunion on the Mexican Caribbean
Over the river and through the woods to grandmother’s house we go for another “traditional” Anglo-Venezuelan-Colombian-American Christmas. 
The old house will fill with the aromas of holiday feasting. Grandma Jan’s American turkey and Abuelita Elia’s Venezuelan hallacas will invoke generations of diverse family history.
Or, maybe this year we dump tradition and throw a holiday reunion someplace warm, fun, and central for the whole family. Christmas in Cancún!
Download a PDF file of the complete story, Explore 12/2007, feature. Photo above by Jeff Borg.
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