Profile: Catherine Dunn

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Joined: 2008-11-07

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Name:

Catherine Dunn

City:

Mexico City

Hometown:

McLean, Virginia

About Me:

A Virginia girl, born and raised, I moved to Mexico City for six months, and, well... every expat knows the rest. I never left. I work at Inside México as the managing editor. Before that, I taught English, and SAT and GRE prep classes, and volunteered at a Mexican NGO called the Centro Nacional de Comunicación Social (CENCOS). Going way back to pre-Hispanic times, I was a UVA wahoo, Cavalier Daily staffer, newspaper intern, and a Mulholland's bookie. So if you're interested in writing for us, or placing a bet on the horses in Galway, Ireland, give me a shout.

Interests:

Cities (particularly DF), gluten-free food, what all my talented friends -- and little bro -- are up to, new media vs. print.

Activities:

IMX-everything, running, reading, cooking, looking for good writers, circling the fountain at Luis Cabrera, getting out of town, eating while on deadline, decorating my apartment.

Favorite Music:

Ryan Adams, Fernando Delgadillo, Randy Travis... plus Jacalito late-night circa 2005, Emily’s mixes, Jonathan’s 80s list, Sue-Ellen’s discopedia (except for the techno), Summer 1998 and 2003 soundtracks, Maya's car radio 2005-2008, and all those salsa CDs that probably wound up in Hoboken.

Favorite Books:

All things Cormac McCarthy/ Michael Chabon/ Ian McEwan/ Michal Pollan/ Nabokov, and Misty of Chincoteague

Inside México Articles

In a flash, Guadalupe appears

By Catherine Dunn

When the fireworks makers go on their pilgrimage to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico's patron saint lights up the sky. More >>

Hillary Clinton in Mexico: The US and Mexico are "like family"

By Catherine Dunn

Hillary Rodham Clinton's trip to Mexico -- her first visit to Latin America as Secretary of State -- comes at a time of tension between the US and Mexico. Yesterday she addressed Indigenous scholarship winners at the Palacio de Bellas Artes, saying that young people are a "critical aspect" of both countries' "common future." More >>

Talking history: The American Benevolent Society turns 140

By Catherine Dunn

The American Benevolent Society was formed in Mexico City in 1868 by the US Consul and a board of wealthy American businessmen to look after their less fortunate brethren – the Civil War veterans, ne’er do wells, and hard-luck cases who needed a hand. More >>