Category Archives: English

By Jorge Rodriguez , Isabella Rolz June 28, 2022 Greta Thunberg’s impact on environmental activism caught the attention of world leaders, including Donald Trump, back in 2018. Thunberg, who is known for her direct and unapologetic style, was 15 when she first stepped into the spotlight. Since then, she has had a heavy hand in shaping the next generationContinue reading “Hope Always Comes From the People’: Gen Z’s New Language of Resistance”

11th September 2001: a fateful morning that took the lives of 3,000 Americans and people from other nationalities. Terror, violence, and panic were present across New York City. For first care responders who moved quickly, provided services to save as many lives as possible and put their own lives at risk, the years after brought consequences, including severe trauma, pain, depression,Continue reading “New York City Psychiatrist Helps First Care Responders Since 9/11 Attacks”

General Advocacy On a cold Sunday, I met 32-year-old Anthony Johnson who has been wandering the streets of the Bronx for more than seven years. He told me has no home or family and has lived in multiple shelters, none of which have helped him recover from his devastating reality: heroin and cocaine addiction. AContinue reading “Innovative Solutions Are Needed To Tackle The American Opioid Crisis”

Traditional Swords: Toledo, Spain @2022 Isabella Rolz It was a sunny yet cold morning in the ancient town of Toledo, Spain. I could feel the tourists’ happiness wandering the narrow and colorful streets, delighted to explore a place that offers such a historical and archeological uniqueness. For no other reason, it is referred to as “The City ofContinue reading “Toledo: The World’s Finest Swords”

By Isabella Rolz , Jorge Rodriguez June 6, 2022 For centuries, parrots of the family Psittacidae of Central America have been considered excellent pets, either because of their color, ability to speak, or easy adaptation to domestic life. But this has led to a lucrative illicit trade in the birds, particularly scarlet macaws and yellow-naped parrots. To make matters worse, whenContinue reading “In Central America, Local Communities Help Parrot Species Avoid Extinction”

Words byIsabella Rolz Poor farmers in Guatemala eat little but maize. A first step out of malnutrition is a new seed bred to yield the vitamins and minerals they need Steep slopes, sweltering weather, poverty and malnutrition: this is Camotán, a town in south-eastern Guatemala, home to the brothers Luis and Antonio Mejía. They haveContinue reading “How a new seed gives Guatemalans a way out of hunger and bad health”

By Isabella Rolz November 11, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. EST Anais Garcia, 21, anxiously stares at the menu of a Bob Evans restaurant in Baltimore. Her dark brown eyes gravitate toward the Fit and Healthy section, which lists calories per meal. She takes a long time figuring out what to order and decides to go withContinue reading “A ballet of ‘living hell’: Ex-dancer recounts her battle with anorexia”

Havens for adventure travel such as Costa Rica and Guatemala have struggled to bring tourists back By Isabella Rolz and  Giulia Cecilia Morpurgo January 25, 2022 at 8:00 a.m. EST YAXHÁ NATIONAL PARK, Guatemala — As the cloudless sky turned orange on an October evening, tourists admired the spectacle from Structure 216, the highest pyramid in theContinue reading “Adventure awaits in Central America. Now it just needs tourists to return.”