Posts by Regina Sienra

Regina Sienra

Regina Sienra is a Staff Writer at My Modern Met. She is a Mexico City-based journalist, translator, and digital media professional with over a decade of experience creating bilingual content in English and Spanish. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Communications with a specialization in Journalism from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Her work spans both hard and soft news, with a focus on arts, culture, and entertainment. She has a particular interest in highlighting emerging and independent musicians, a passion that earned her recognition as CBC Radio 3’s Fan of the Year in 2014. Sienra brings a broad pop culture perspective to her writing, with interests that include music, film, and cultural trends across media. When she isn't writing, she is watching films, attending concerts, and building out her growing vinyl collection.
Inspiring
April 14, 2023

Woman Reunites With Birth Mother 34 Years After Being Given Up For Adoption

It sounds like something straight out of a movie, but an Utah woman who has been actively searching for her birth mother for over a decade finally found and reunited with her. Rachel Ruiz shared the emotional encounter on TikTok, where it has amassed over 4 million views. “I finally reunited with my birth mom after 34 years!” she captioned the video.

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Video
April 12, 2023

TikToker Reveals Potato Peeler Hack to Make the Most Out of the Common Kitchen Tool

Potato peelers are common kitchen tools, and its design appears to be pretty intuitive. All you have to do is slide the blade down the surface of a vegetable to gently get rid of its skin. Despite sounding like a really simple process with a very basic tool, it looks like many of us have been missing out on the real potential of these utensils. A TikToker named Jenni (jenniabs)

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Inspiring
April 10, 2023

NICU Nurse Adopts Teen Mother With No Support System Who Had Triplets

Nurses are everyday superheroes who work long hours to tend to their patients and bring them back to health. But one nurse from Indiana named Katrina Mullen went the extra mile to help a patient at her hospital. After meeting a 14-year-old who had given birth to triplets but seemed to have no one around to support her, Mullen decided to offer her a helping hand that would change both of their lives forever.

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My Modern Met

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