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In my country there remain the vibrant, happy, and bright colors of the landscape, the foliage, and the land. But above all, the essence, the primary, the origin, which transcends through imperceptible inheritance. The seed of origin, transferred to your offspring and then to theirs. The permanence of being, the obvious, the obvious.

The circumstances of life help you to pollinate the world. They spread you through the air and on to the rugged geography of the planet, but the seed, your origin, remains and transcends into infinity.
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Damelis Carrion Sarabia was born in Porlamar, Venezuela. She graduated with a degree in architecture from the Central University of Venezuela in 1985 and is currently writing a cookbook on traditional Latin American food. She has lived in the U.S. since 2018 and is a student at Community Impact, where Kent Katner is the ESOL program manager.