About María

I write for the parts of myself I don’t always want to acknowledge. The parts that live in shadows but decisively shape who I am. The uncomfortable, the hidden, the pieces we learn to keep tucked away but never fully escape.

My work moves through grief, loss, and the subtle, shifting nature of love – how we reach for one another, how we connect, how we miss, how we hold, and how we let go. I’m drawn to the nuances of being human, especially the ones we don’t often like to name out loud.

My writing isn’t gentle work. It’s demanding. It’s urgent. It’s vicious. It asks me to look deeper, and it asks the same of anyone who reads it. Each piece is an invitation to feel the part of yourself it calls forward, and to sit with it, fully.

I believe the most beautiful things come from the dark. Within the darkness lies the truest essence of who we are.

I write for myself, and I write for you. Somewhere in between, it becomes a mirror. One that reflects what we carry, what we hide, and what we might finally be ready to see.

I was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. I now live in Hollywood, Florida, with my wife, Anabel, in a home filled with books, flowers, animals, and a growing collection of memories, as my life continues to unravel into what it’s meant to become.