• We left NYC to spend a few weeks in Mexico trying out our dream of being full-time digital nomads. • After six incredible weeks abroad, I felt like I had grown so much. Still, it wasn't always easy. • Though we're back in the US for a bit, this experience has reaffirmed my desire to live abroad.

Like so many others, I moved to New York City chasing success, reinvention, and the fantasy of living in a Nora Ephron movie.

But after the 2024 election and the rise of anti-Latino sentiment, I felt lost as a woman of Hispanic descent. Suddenly, the US didn't quite feel like home — beyond that, life in New York was becoming unbearably expensive.

Even as DINKs with decent incomes, my fiancé and I still felt the financial strain of living in a high-cost-of-living city that was only getting

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