Field Notes & Essays

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Jessica Gabrielzyk 9/22/26 Jessica Gabrielzyk 9/22/26

You Think You Know Who You Are. Then You Move Countries.

Margery Pimentel discusses migration, racial identity, immigrant motherhood, healthcare abroad and the psychological cost of constantly adapting to a new country.

Jessica Gabrielzyk 9/8/26 Jessica Gabrielzyk 9/8/26

Huh? Am I a Minority?

During a SIETAR conversation intercultural psychologist Margery Pimentel said something that got a gasp out of me.

Jessica Gabrielzyk 5/16/26 Jessica Gabrielzyk 5/16/26

I Explained My Author Philosophy to a Journalist Yesterday.

I told her I do not mind sharing any of it. The tips, the mistakes, the things I wish someone had told me. I did not have a name for any of that when I said it, but now I do.

Jessica Gabrielzyk 5/16/26 Jessica Gabrielzyk 5/16/26

She Is Absolutely a Queen.

I had spoken with Margery before so I went in as a fan already. Fully prepared to be impressed.