These essays are part of my longform literary nonfiction practice — documenting the lives lost to police violence in San Francisco and the reverberations of that violence in families, the neighborhood, and community memory.
They are grounded in grief, remembrance, and solidarity. Some were published or featured in public forums. Others were created in protest and mourning. Each piece is an offering in the struggle to name, to remember, and to resist erasure.
Selected Essays
- Law & Border — A border-crossing narrative about the family of Luis Góngora Pat as they head to their depositions and the deeper history of genocide in California. (2019)
- Threading the Life of a Mayan — The story of Luis Góngora Pat and his family in Teabo, Yucatán. (2017)
- This Merits a Response – A commissioned essay in response to YBCA’s “Take This Hammer” exhibit. The essay references gentrification, police brutality, homelessness, art and activism. (2016)
- Mourning Luis the Morning After the Frisco500 Rise Up — On protest, memory, and police violence. (2016)
- May Day: The Nieto Family Story — A remembrance and resistance essay. (2014)
Resumen en español
Esta página recoge ensayos narrativos sobre la violencia policial en San Francisco — historias de personas asesinadas por la policía, las luchas de sus familias y comunidades, y la necesidad de recordar con dignidad y nunca olvidar.
Algunos de estos textos fueron publicados. Todos surgieron desde el duelo, la resistencia y la solidaridad.