A living archive of healing and hindsight—personal essays shaped through reckoning, craft, and structure. Pásele.
Thirty.
A reflection on turning 30, letting go of expectations, and embracing a life that looks nothing like the plan—but everything like growth.
SUN VALLEY / UNKNOWN
Spring 2000
Why Am I?
BURBANK / HAZEL A. AGUSTIN
SUMMER 2024
Why Is She?
From conversations with my mother—rendered through memory, voice, and inheritance.
SINTRA, PORTUGAL / ALEXZIA M. GOMEZ
FALL 2025
A Familiar Becoming: Knowing you then, and learning you now
An exploration of familiarity, timing, and the slow unfolding someone you thought you knew.
ECHO PARK / OSCAR E. MORFIN
SPRING 2025
Oye Mijita, Your Señora is Showing
An ode to the women we become, the women who raised us, and the señoras we swore we’d never become.
SUN VALLEY / HAZEL A. AGUSTIN
SUMMER 2024
Salt & Suede: Quiet Abundance
Becoming, it turns out, doesn’t require a miracle—just attention.
BARCELONA, SPAIN / ALEXZIA M. GOMEZ
FALL 2025
Mind the Mess: Navigating My Healing Journey
Exploring the past, embracing the present, and making peace with the mess.
BURBANK / HAZEL A. AGUSTIN
SUMMER 2024