Jericca Warren
Jericca Warren

I'm Jericca Warren.

Grounded in heritage. Driven by impact. Inspired by people.

I'm an islander and a Warren, from the family that first settled Utila in the early 1830s, starting on the cays, and still on the island today. I'm a researcher and storyteller. Through Caribbean Honduras I turn archives, caves and elders' memories into books, films and recordings. As President of the Bay Islands' Historical & Cultural Preservation Society, I work so our heritage is kept by its own people.

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From a few posts to a life's work.

2011 The city
  • Moves from Roatan to the capital city of Honduras, where questions about island culture plant the seed for everything that follows.
  • Starts sharing hidden Roatan beaches on social media, places most people never saw beyond the tourist side.
2016 Honduras Mochilera
  • Starts the travel blog Honduras Mochilera as a tourism student at UNITEC. Friendships with tourism students from other departments lead to travels across Honduras: Trujillo, Atlántida, La Esperanza, Lempira, Olancho and Valle.
2017 Caribbean Honduras
  • Settles back in Roatan and renames the blog Caribbean Honduras, devoted to the six Bay Islands: Roatan, Utila, Guanaja, Morat, Barbareta and Saint Helene.
  • Press Writes “El Pez León: La Epidemia de Nuestro Caribe” for Diario Tiempo.
2018 A company
  • Caribbean Honduras becomes a legally established company, begins offering tours and builds alliances with island businesses and the media.
  • Begins publishing free digital magazines so anyone can learn about the islands online.
  • Diploma A diploma of recognition from National Geographic through Go Blue Bay Islands, for contributing to the Go Blue initiative.
2019 On screen
  • Brings Telepaís, formerly Teleprogreso, and five of its reporters and camera crew around the islands, from Roatan to Santos Guardiola, for their Easter week reports.
  • Hosts GoTV presenter Ónice Flores to showcase island tourism.
  • Diploma A diploma of recognition from the Garífuna community for supporting its social and cultural activities.
  • Launches the digital magazines of Guanaja and Santos Guardiola.
  • Publishes the first Bay Islands Cookbook, with thirty recipes.
2020 The pandemic year
  • Creates the Digital Tourism Exposé with the Honduran Institute of Tourism, the National Chamber of Tourism and USAID: weekly online conferences that kept tourism businesses across Honduras visible during the pandemic.
  • Press Named one of four people Becker Homes celebrates as “Orgullo Hondureño”, Honduran Pride.
2021 The history book
  • Publishes History, Culture & Cuisine of the Bay Islands in English and Spanish, in print and digital on Amazon.
  • Press The launch is covered by La Prensa, Honduras Tips and Radio House.
2022 In travelers' hands
  • A short print edition for visitors reaches its first shelves: Kao Kamasa at the Kimpton, Mayan Princess and Hotel Utila.
  • Launches the digital magazine of Utila.
  • Press Featured in the digital Christmas issue of Revista Cromos.
2023 Growing reach
  • The printed book arrives at the Roatan Marine Park, a Re/Max agent in Utila shares it with her clients, and new shelves open in Tegucigalpa at OyM Editorial, Mundo Literario and Casa Sol.
2024 Allies
  • Press Writes “La Cueva Catedral de la isla de Utila” for Diario La Prensa.
  • Begins creating cultural content with Dream Ferries.
  • The Bay Islands' Historical & Cultural Preservation Society is founded.
2025 Recognition
  • Award First place, “Honduras es Así”, the tourism journalism award of the Honduran Institute of Tourism, in the social media content creators category.El Heraldo ↗
  • Press On the cover of Caribella Magazine.
  • Press Interviews on HRN, Honduras' largest radio station, and Q'Hubo TV about cultural tourism and the museum being prepared in Utila.
  • Press A 12-page story, “El Alma Indómita de las Islas de la Bahía”, for Mexico's Perpétuo magazine, with an audio narration.
  • Press Profiled by VBU Viajes in “Jericca Warren: la voz que protege la memoria cultural de las Islas de la Bahía.”
  • Becomes President of the Bay Islands' Historical & Cultural Preservation Society.
  • Speaker at the first True Utila, and recognized by the event.
  • Recognized by the Roatan Rotary Club for a talk on cultural and archaeological tourism in the Bay Islands. Read more
  • Meet-and-greet and book presentation at Expo BIP 2025. Roatan Born stores take in 100+ copies.
  • Donates books to the Methodist School of Utila with other island authors, and to a Honduran Fair during Independence Month.
  • UNITEC Gastronomy, with Chef Liz Paz and her students, begins standardizing the island recipes.
  • Films “Lady Malvina,” Roatan's oldest working fishing boat, for Bay Islands Petroleum.
2026 Now
  • Award First place, Mentorías Mujeres BAC: one of three winners from more than 1,800 businesses.La Prensa ↗Íconos Magazine ↗
  • Award Second place, Fundación Terra, “Terra te Impulsa,” among 25 participants.Diario Tiempo ↗Hondudiario ↗
  • Launches the first children's book, Mae & Mr. Hedges Discover Port Royal.
  • Press The Roatan Tourism Bureau announces the new children's book.
  • Leads a virtual tour of island history for 2nd graders from Play Based Projects.
  • Talk with the Preservation Society for students of St. Joseph's Academy, Missouri, at Anthony's Key Resort, with a tour of the Museum of Bay Islands History. Read more
  • Online talk for UNAH, “Buceando en los archivos de las Islas de la Bahía,” with UNAH Libraries and the DEGT, on creating children's books from historical archives. Read more
  • Invited by SECAPPH to a dinner at Casa Presidencial during the International Book Fair, alongside Pech representatives, authors from the Dominican Republic and Peru, and Honduran publishers. Read more
  • Presents Mae & Mr. Hedges Discover Port Royal at UNAH's Central Library, with UNAH Libraries. Read more
  • Invited author at the International Book Fair of Honduras, at the Museo para la Identidad Nacional, speaking on creating a children's book from century-old history and giving a first look at the next book, based on never-before-seen indigenous artifacts. Read more
  • Collaborates with Dream Ferries on the “Roatán Alternativa” series.
  • Filming Hidden Wonders with Kirk Hays, The Vagabond Artist.

A source for researchers abroad

Master's students from the University of Barcelona, a university in Madrid and, most recently, a French university have turned to me as a source for their research on the Bay Islands' language. I'm credited in their published studies.

In the press

AS AUTHOR · DIARIO TIEMPO · 2017El Pez León: La Epidemia de Nuestro CaribeRead the article ↗
AS AUTHOR · LA PRENSA · 2024

La Cueva Catedral de la isla de Utila

AS AUTHOR · PERPÉTUO, MEXICO · 2025El Alma Indómita de las Islas de la BahíaRead it on Perpétuo ↗

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La Prensa ↗El Heraldo ↗Diario Tiempo ↗Honduras Tips ↗Radio House ↗HRNQ'Hubo TVCaribella MagazinePerpétuo ↗Becker Homes ↗VBU Viajes ↗Íconos Magazine ↗Hondudiario ↗El Libertador ↗Proceso Digital ↗Abriendo Brecha ↗Roatan Tourism Bureau ↗

Also featured by Revista Cromos, Diario Roatán, Honduras.com, Telepaís, GoTV, RoaTimes and El Diario de Honduras.

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