Author Nicole Capo

Nicole Capo

Nicole resides in Washington, D.C. where she recently launched the women's collective Curandera Club. You can find her work in Design*Sponge, The Literary Review, and Sabotage Reviews, among others. Loud-mouthed Puerto Rican by birth; Oxford comma enthusiast by choice.

Between Worlds: Searching for Home While Growing Up in Puerto Rico & the Continental U.S.

The air smells different on the island, the way I imagine the word “green” must smell: humid and vibrant. We’re in the car, windows down, the balmy breeze whipping my curls into a wispy cloud. My face is...