Connia Garcia Barrio

Constance Garcia-Barrio

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BSR Contributor Since March 24, 2020

Constance Garcia-Barrio (she/her pronouns) is a freelance writer who lives in Mt. Airy.

Constance Garcia-Barrio, a Philadelphia freelancer, writes about education, travel, theater, and Black culture in the US and in Hispanic countries. Her credits include the Inquirer, Grid magazine, Christian Science Monitor, and more. You can reach her at [email protected].

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Illustration by Hannah Kaplan for Broad Street Review.

Writers can do justice to characters outside their own identities. Here’s how.

Under other skins
Writing in the voice of a character who doesn’t share your identity takes a lot of learning and soul-searching, finds author Constance Garcia-Barrio, but it can be done well.
Constance Garcia-Barrio Illustration by Hannah Kaplan

Constance Garcia-Barrioand Illustration by Hannah Kaplan

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In front of a huge Chinatown protest march, 3 young Asian people hold a banner saying No arena in the heart of our city

I won’t turn my back on Chinatown: Black and Asian people must stand together in Philly

A Black elder protests the proposed Sixers arena
As a woman in her 70s, West Philly native Constance Garcia-Barrio finds protest marches challenging, but she knew she had to turn out for Chinatown at the No Arena in the Heart of Our City rally on September 7, 2024.
Constance Garcia-Barrio

Constance Garcia-Barrio

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