Mother Tongue, Mother Board
A personal essay weaving together my family's immigration story with the history of multilingual computing.

Writing about technology, culture, and the stories we tell ourselves
About the Author
I am a journalist and essayist whose work explores the messy intersection of technology and everyday life. Over the past eight years my writing has appeared in Wired, The Atlantic, and MIT Technology Review. I am drawn to the questions that sit between disciplines — how algorithms reshape neighborhoods, why certain interfaces feel like home, and what we lose when convenience becomes the only metric. When I am not reporting, I teach a narrative nonfiction workshop and collect vintage typewriters I will never use.

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Vasquez writes with the rare clarity of someone who genuinely understands the technology she critiques — and the humanity it touches.
— Columbia Journalism Review
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