“Thanksgiving Break in an Empty Dorm” · The New York Times, November 2017

“Miami Always Thinks the Storm Will Turn” · The New York Times, September 2017

“A 30-Something’s Guide to Real Estate” · The New York Times, August 2017

“What I Learned at Cowboy Camp” · The New York Times, June 2017

“A Unimaginable Day Arrives in Miami” · The New York Times, November 2016

“The Books My Father Won’t Read? Mine” · The New York Times, October 2016

“Who are These ‘Latino-Hispanics?’” The New York Times debate coverage, October 2016.

“The Student Who Didn’t do the Reading” · The New York Times debate coverage, October 2016

“Winning My Mom’s Vote” · The New York Times, Sunday Review, September 2016

“The Wedding Crasher of Lincoln, Nebraska” · The New York Times, July 2016

“Taking My Parents to College” · The New York Times, Sunday Review, August 2015

“Finding Your Way in a World That’s Not Your Own” · BookPage, August 2015 (Reprinted in Literary Hub “Best of the Literary Internet” series)

“People Mover: A Miami Memory” · Miami New Times, February 2015

“Edward P. Jones" · Influenced By: A Survey of Writers on Contemporary Writers, The Believer Magazine (Believermag.com), January/February 2015.

“On Make Your Home Among Strangers" · 18 Short Story Writers on Why They Decided to Write a Novel, Buzzfeed.com, August 14, 2014

“Facts About Neil deGrasse Tyson" · The Rumpus, July 2014

“If You Lived Here” · American Short Fiction, Spring 2014

“Leaving Hialeah: A Real-Life Epilogue” · Wise Latinas: Writers on Higher Education, University of Nebraska Press, 2014

“Parenting ‘Sea Oak’ Style” · American Short Fiction, December 2013