La atención pública en salud mental es fundamental, en especial para poblaciones marginalizadas a las que se les ha negado el acceso a una atención en salud de calidad, libre de discriminación. Pero para ello, es necesario entender las experiencias y necesidades específicas que atraviesan a estas poblaciones, en este caso las personas LGBTIQ+, y …
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Mientras que para muches quedarse en casa durante esta emergencia sanitaria mundial no representa un gran desafío, para las personas que trabajan con niñes o que tienen hijes con lo que ahora pasan todo el día todos los días, esta cuarentena puede representar un reto de convivencia. Por ello, a continuación proveemos de ciertos principios …
Siendo alguien que le gusta vestirse con ropa típicamente masculina, lleva el cabello corto y tiene unas facciones que le permiten pasar por chico de vez en cuando, la pregunta de si me identifico como persona no binaria tiene bastante sentido. Sin embargo, dar con una respuesta de sí o no, no ha sido necesariamente …
When I was about 16 years-old, I had just started going to house parties with friends of my high school. I had also just cut my hair short, which didn’t please my conservative father, but it had given me all the confidence that I lacked in all my previous years of adolescence. Now I felt …
First of all, I need to clarify that I'm no expert. I'm not a studied language teacher, so I can only speak for these primary experiences that I've had as a teaching assistant. My scholarship at Kalamazoo College requires me to be a teaching assistant, which is why we got training before the classes officially started …
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So... I like to read. I love fantasy novels like the ones written by Terry Brooks, Rick Riordan, and Maggie Stiefvater. You can almost never catch me reading something that isn't the incredible and drama-filled adventures of the heroic and sensible characters of these type of books. But once in a while, I do like …
Continue reading Lessons from “The Power of Habit” by Charles Duhigg
No matter where you decide to spend your vacation, traveling with friends can be a really fun (and cheap) experience. This is exactly what I did a few months ago when I visited Chicago with 10 of my friends. However, there are things I wish we had done differently, so here I'll share my expriences …
I'm not a teacher and I never really thought about becoming one. Actually, explaining things has never been my strengh. Or so I thought. In this post, I want to share that initial experience of having to teach Spanish for 10 weeks as an teaching assitant. Having a small amount of students as a whole, …
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