Julia LuzBetancourt

Julia Luz Betancourt is a Boricua writer, journalist, author, and poet. She enjoys writing about power, activism, identity, human connection, and reimagining current systems.

Community Care and Climate Change: A Reading List on How We Keep Going

Climate, Published April 21, 2023

While the mainstream discussion on climate change focuses on endings, these stories offer opportunities for new, collective beginnings.

When Home is Everywhere

Lifestyle & Identity, Published March 21, 2023

For this first generation photographer and artist, death, time and borders are illusions. Family communicates through them all.

'We're taught that our Gen Z dream is too big, but it’s not’: Young Latinx Women Talk Politics

News & Politics, Published February 22, 2023

The Mexican-American border, with some construction still ongoing on the American side.

The Border: America's Favorite Folklore

News & Politics, Published October 25, 2022

The U.S. was built out of racial-colonial violence, and this violence inspired the formation of the nation’s borders, immigration policy, and treatment of migrants today.