First-gen, eldest daughter

Viry Medina

I’m still figuring out what it means to choose myself, so I created Perfectamente in Progress, a newsletter and podcast, where I share it all.

Get to know my story

You’re not carrying this wrong. And you don’t have to carry it alone.

Hola, soy Viry

I’ve spent most of my life being first, first in my family to buy a house, to travel internationally, to walk into corporate America with no one to call who’d been there before me. It’s meant a specific kind of lonely, one I didn’t always have words for.

So a few years ago, I started writing it down. The eldest daughter weight. The boundaries I mess up more than I’d like to admit. The parts of me I’m still getting to know. Honestly, messily, one Thursday at a time.

I got tired of feeling like the only one. Turns out, I wasn’t.
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What I talk about

Perfectly imperfect progress

Behind-the-scenes of the pivots, the small wins, and the moments that donā€™t have a neat lesson yet.

Protecting your
peace

Real talk about boundaries, rest, and giving yourself permission to stop being everything to everyone.

Joy
just
because

The stuff that lights me up (books, baking, cumbias) shared simply because joy doesnā€™t need a reason.

Roots
and
wings

Stories about being la primera, holding multiple identities, and choosing your own path without leaving yourself behind.

the newsletter

Perfectamente in Progress

A weekly newsletter where I show up honestly, messily, every Thursday. No performing, no having it figured out, just real.

  • Proof you’re not the only one
  • Company in the messy parts
  • reminder that you’re not alone in it
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Listen to the Podcast

Same honesty as the newsletter, just out loud, conversations that go where the page doesn’t always let me.

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Let’s connect

This is where I actually show up in real time, replies, stories, the in-between stuff that doesn’t make it into an essay.

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