Yare Vargas
Yare Vargas, a Bolivian-Brazilian now living in Canada, has a background in psychology and many years of experience in the non-profit sector. With expertise in volunteer management and multilingual communication, she is passionate about social justice and community development. She currently works as Managing Editor and Content Manager at Regent College, and finds joy in music, the arts, and life with her husband and son.
Yare Vargas's Work
Life Beneath the Surface
Reflecting on her experience at Comment Magazine's Understory Festival, Yare Vargas explores the festival’s central metaphor of the forest understory as a way of understanding hope, grief, community, and cultural difference. Through encounters with strangers, reflections on overlooked voices, and the story of her grandmother’s life and legacy, she considers what may be quietly growing beneath the surface of a fractured world.