For the last 1.5 weeks, I have been working for another organization in Lima named PRISMA assisting with a project with parents with children with autism. I have done field work in Villa El Salvador (Southern Lima), attended research seminars, talked with kids. It has been a new universe, and I have had culture shock with living in a dramatically nicer area outside Carabayllo.

During this push of newness, I feel the full glass inside myself. I reach out into new areas but I remember I am already full. So, sometimes I feel overwhelmed. Sometimes I feel I am doing the same things over and over. Often I feel the gap between what I am doing and what I want and who I want to be. I catch myself wanting to hide at times, tired at times, longing for other things. Then, once comfortable I can feel agitated wanting something new again. So the process is!

Villa El Salvador is located on the opposite side of my previous work in Southern Lima.