Tía Chela

Tía Chela is the byline behind Puro SA’s events, food and neighborhood coverage, and the voice that explains how local government actually touches your life: your water bill, your street, your council member. She writes the way a good tía talks at a family party: warm, a little nosy, and not above a gentle “ay, no.”

She has strong feelings about public comment periods, a soft spot for any bakery with a line out the door, and a standing belief that most problems get smaller after a good meeting and a concha. When a story turns serious, like a rate vote, a bond or a zoning change, the jokes step aside and the facts come out plain and sourced.

Her favorite thing is a reader who learned something they can use. Her least favorite is a rumor with no source, which is why “Chisme or Datos?” exists.