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Services
*Tessera Editorial Alumnus*

- Developmental editing
- Sensitivity reading
- Authenticity reading
- Fact checking
- Technical writing
- Summarization

PAST CLIENTS INCLUDE:

- Penguin Random House
- DK UK
- HarperCollins
- Capstone
- Sourcebooks
- Library Journal
- Sage/CQ Researcher
- Self-publishing authors

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BIO:

I am a Mexican-American and Coahuiltecan freelance writer and editor based in Austin, Texas, who mostly grew up in Spain, Egypt, and South Africa, and came home to Texas every summer. I have an Honors BSc in Psychology, and minors in English, Political Science, and Cognitive Science. I speak Spanish fluently, and am ex-fluent in French.

My own writing is often inspired by Mesoamerican mythology, and I love blending genres. I write across Short Stories, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Novels in Verse, Poetry, and Comics.

COPY EDITING:

Contact me for a quote!

DEVELOPMENTAL EDITING:
I work across Middle Grade, Young Adult, and Adult fiction. Sub-specialties include worldbuilding, character differentiation, braided narratives, and multiple points of view.

 

SENSITIVITY & AUTHENTICITY READING:
- General overview
- Illustrations
- Global/cultural
- Racism/microaggressions/sexism
- Latinx
- Mexican-American
- Coahuiltecan (Native Americans of TX/Mexico)
- Child of immigrants
- Multilingual/language immersion
- Homeschool/private school/boarding school
- Gender fluidity/demigirl/non-binary
- Bisexuality
- "Third-culture kid"
- Improv
- Volleyball
- Lupus/chronic illness/pain/anemia/exercise-induced asthma/fatigue/invisible disability
- Neurodivergence/ADHD/AuDHD

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