Liz Rebecca Alarcón was born in Miami, but grew up between there and Caracas, Venezuela, until the age of 15. Alarcón, founder and executive director of Pulso, a media company dedicated to Latino stories, says she spent summers and holidays with relatives in the country her family came from. Though her visits to Venezuela are more sporadic today, Alarcón still celebrates the holidays in Miami as she did there: late evening dinners with traditional Venezuelan foods such as hallacas and pan de jamón, a ceremony around placing the baby Jesus…
