Ep. 8: "Building Empathy Through Nuance" - with storyteller Natalia Quintana-Feliciano

In our eighth episode, we welcome Natalia Quintana-Feliciano, a Puerto-Rican & Colombian storyteller, poet, artist, and student reporter based in Washington, DC. She currently works as a communications and event coordinator at a health policy think tank. She has also worked at PBS KIDS, and has written for several award-winning publications. We discuss the complicated relationship between Puerto Rico and the Continental United States, as well as the many layers of what it means to be American; her creative writing process and her muses, including the "vengeful woman"; how local journalism can build empathy; and the importance of feeling seen in children's media as we grow up.For more information on Natalia, please see photos (and the episode transcript) here: ⁠⁠https://crossworld-puzzles.com/episode8-natalia/

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CrossWorld Puzzles is a podcast that interviews people who grew up in or are currently in multicultural environments. It focuses on how they consider life’s big questions, like where to be based, how to build their careers, and who to spend their lives with. It is hosted and managed by Shiori Okazaki, who grew up going back and forth between the United States and Japan. She is an interpreter based in Washington, DC. Website: https://crossworld-puzzles.com/