Kandace Vallejo

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 something needs a boost...

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 pieces, Theories of...