Essays

Cristina’s first-person essays have been featured in various print and online magazines.  They are diverse in tone, with a mixture of humor and sentimental insight.  Look for her new blog series, "Bad Mommy" now featured at Mommy Mastermind. 

Check out some of Cristina’s published essays in the following anthologies and websites:   

• “The Lemonade Stand” in It’s a Chick Thing (Conari Press)

• “Kava + Shuba = Kashuba” and “Headless Quaker” in The Pennsylvania Gazette (University of Pennsylvania)

• “Island Fever” in Bard Song Winter 2005 (Bard Song Press)

• “Silent Poet” (Rogue Scholar)

• “Western Perspective of a Revolution” (Peace Corps Writers)

• “Platanos Maduros” (Sofrito for your Soul)

• "Mamá Está Trabajando (Mommy is Working)" in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Power Moms (Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing, LLC)