IN PRODUCTION
Hidden Wonders
A documentary series across Utila, Roatan, Guanaja, Santos Guardiola and the cays.
The Bay Islands have memory.
I preserve it.
A Warren of Utila, from the family that first settled the island in the early 1830s, starting on the cays. Since 2011 I have researched the history of the Bay Islands, and today I turn archives, caves and elders' voices into books, films and recordings that keep the islands' story with its own people.
1st
Mentorías Mujeres BAC 2026
out of 1,800+ businesses
out of 1,800+ businesses
15years researching the islands' history, since 2011
3national awards, 2025–2026
As seen in
Caribbean Honduras
The heritage imprint I founded in 2016. It publishes the history, language and cuisine of the Bay Islands, in four forms.
IN PRODUCTION
BOOKS
The books
Island history, a children's series, and an 85-recipe cookbook made with UNITEC.
FREE ON SPOTIFY
The audio series
Archival island recordings from the 1990s beside today's voices.
Research that changes how the islands are seen.
Cultural & Archaeological Tourism for the Bay Islands
A plan to show visitors the islands beyond the beach.
The Price of Island Life: Guanaja
Store prices compared across Guanaja, Roatan and the mainland.
Reimagining Utila's tourism identity
Indigenous heritage, a museum in the works, and a new way to visit.
The Bay Islands' Historical & Cultural Preservation Society
I serve as President of the Society, founded in 2024 by islanders from across the archipelago so our heritage is kept by its own people: the genealogies, documents, headstones and voices of Roatan, Utila, Guanaja and the cays.
- The ArchiveSearchable by family name
- Virtual MuseumArtifacts and their stories
- Archiving EncountersFamily records, scanned on the spot
Awards & Recognition
1st
Mentorías Mujeres BAC
2026 · One of three winners, chosen from more than 1,800 businesses
- 1,800+businesses
- 600+selected
- 75next round
- 10finalists
- 3winners
The final round was a financial investment plan: an investment in the Hidden Wonders docuseries, production equipment, and marketing and brand awareness.
1st
“Honduras es Así”
2025 · Tourism journalism award from the Instituto Hondureño de Turismo, in the social media content creators category, for content created to promote tourism in Honduras. · Read the story
2nd
Premio Fundación Terra
2026 · Second place among 25 participants. The prize went into printing the first edition of our children's book and furnishing our mini store in West Bay, Roatan.
National Geographic Go Blue · 2018
Garífuna community recognition · 2018
Caribella Magazine cover · 2025
Guest speaker, True Utila · 2025
Bring the islands' story to your stage.
I speak about how the Bay Islands' history is found, kept and told, from a record in the national archive to a children's book in a reader's hands. Talks are in English or Spanish, in person or online.
From the archive to a children's book
The research and creative process behind Mae & Mr. Hedges Discover Port Royal. For universities, book fairs and writers.
Heritage kept by its own people
How the Preservation Society builds its archive, virtual museum and archiving encounters with island families.
Cultural tourism beyond the beach
Turning history, language and cuisine into experiences visitors value. For tourism schools, chambers and businesses.
Island history for young readers
School visits and virtual class tours that bring the Bay Islands' past to life for children.
Come see the islands
I write about.
Walk through the island's history where it happened, then see the reefs, cays and wildlife that shaped island life with Amazing Roatan Tours, guided by people who were born here.
Heritage
Historical tours
Roatan's history told in the places where it happened, by islanders.
Wildlife
Pigeon Cay shark swim
Swim with wild nurse sharks off Roatan's far east end, with fresh island fruit on the boat.
Day trip
Cayos Cochinos
A full day among the protected cays, with clear water and white sand.
The reef
Snorkel the barrier reef
The Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, the second largest in the world, right off the island.
Have a story, a photograph, or a project for the islands?
For collaborations, press, speaking or research, write to me directly.
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