About.

Chiloé is an essayist and earth scientist. She grew up between two hemispheres, fluent in English, Spanish, and the intricate language of the Earth. She studied geography and journalism at the University of California, Santa Barbara, but her education for the natural world began long before—in rivers, mountains, and underneath open skies.

Raised in a whitewater family, she has paddled some of the world’s greatest rivers, carrying with her a commitment to wilderness and environmental conservation that runs through her writing and cultural observations.

Her work is rooted in a geographic awareness of the symbiotic relationship between humans and environment. She has researched migration, population, and the shifting patterns of place, bringing a unique geographic lens to every story she tells.

She has spent the last year working as a wrangler in the American Mountain West and in the Patagonia region of South America.