Hola Friends!

I'm Kim — a Latina with a Texas-sized heart, a Boston zip code, and a camera that goes everywhere with me.

I grew up in Brownsville, Texas, deep South Texas, right on the border, where the food is incredible, the summers are relentless, and the Rio Grande Valley has a way of staying with you no matter how far you go.

For college, I headed north to Austin for school, where I soon become a proud Longhorn from the University of Texas, graduating in 2015 with my bachelor's and going back for more to finish my master's in 2019 (Hook 'Em Horns, always). I ended up staying in Austin for nearly 10 years in total, and honestly, it wasn't hard to see why. Barton Springs on a hot August afternoon, Buc-ee's brisket on a road trip, the particular way the sky looks at sunset over land that stretches forever. Texas gets into your bones whether you like it or not.

In 2021, I packed up and moved to Boston with my husband and brother, trading cowboy boots for hiking shoes and Tex-Mex for lobster rolls. I did not know what a rotary was. I did not know that fall in New England would completely wreck me in the best possible way. What I did know was that I had a camera and a whole new part of the world to explore, and that was more than enough to get started.

So I did. And I haven't stopped since.

Now I'm out here photographing every trail, every season, and every hidden corner I can find, from the moody coastlines of Maine to the red rock canyons of the Southwest and everywhere in between. I'm a travel nature photographer obsessed with finding the shots that don't show up on the first page of Google. The ones worth getting up early for, worth the extra mile on the trail, worth pulling over without thinking. If there's a beautiful view somewhere off the beaten path, I want to find it and bring you with me.

That's what Postcards in Journals is about. Part travel essay, part photo guide, part personal journal. It's the long version of everything I can't fit in a caption. I write about the places I go, the light I chase, and the moments that made me stay longer than planned. My goal is simple: to find the best photo spots so you don't have to do it alone.

When I'm not behind the camera, I'm probably eating my way through New England (follow along at @comidaofnewengland for that adventure), journaling, sending actual postcards to people I love, or planning the next road trip I definitely don't have time for.

Glad you're here. Pull up a chair — there's a lot to see.