The Peruvian author wants to “decolonize” everything starting with her body and her family. Her latest book, “Undiscovered,” investigates the 19th-century European explorer that shares her last name.
In Mexico, it's common to hear the term "improving the race" when a darker skinned person dates someone who is white. The author came directly in contact with these prejudices and Spain's discrimination of people from its former colonies when she went through surrogacy.