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For as far back as I can trace, my family has been migrating between what is now called Texas and the Mexican state of Coahuila. In the 1880s, my great-great grandmother Liberata raised her children Serafin and Pedro in the Rio Cebollas, a.k.a. Onion Creek. They grew up splashing in the water and eating nopales just west of where I live today. Remedio, translated literally, means remedy. In Mexican Spanish, a remedio is more than just a fix: it’s a curative taken when someth

I’m Kandace Vallejo (she/her), and I live in Texas. I’ve worked in social movement organizations, philanthropies, and movement formations in Texas, Florida, and across the US, for over 20 years. I’ve got a soft spot for doing the work in difficult places like Florida and Texas because there’s a sense of futurism when we organize in these conditions. In recent years, I’ve had the privilege of working in and with climate philanthropies focused on the South, writing think piece