A curated monthly dose of lifestyle, culture, and rhythm from San Miguel de Allende.
Growing up, finding belonging and the women who built SAVANT. A letter about friendship.
I grew up surrounded by boys. Brothers, cousins, the sons of my parents’ friends, always boys, boys, boys. Back then, everything felt equal. We existed without labels, without the quiet distinctions that would later shape the way I moved through the world. I was a girl, yes, but it did not yet mean anything.
It would, eventually.
For many years, I felt the shift. I had been a tomboy, at ease in a world that no longer felt like mine. Adolescence arrived, and with it, a subtle but undeniable sense of exclusion. The only team I had ever known was still there, but I no longer belonged to it in the same way.
It is hard to be a girl.
High school began to crack something open, and college made it undeniable. I discovered something I had not known I was missing, the quiet, undeniable force of connection.
Now, at 38, that force has become the foundation of my life. The people I rely on most are the ones who hold me up, challenge me, and expand me. They are my network, my sounding board, my source of both clarity and joy. They are there for everything, from business to celebration, from advice to emotional grounding.
It is hard to be a girl. It is extraordinary to become a woman.
So when I met Sophia and Majo, something felt instantly familiar. Not in a nostalgic way, but in a way that felt aligned, almost inevitable. They are a pair, a true partnership. They move together, think together, build together.
They lead by example.
I have my own counterpart in Barbara, my closest friend, my constant. And when I look at Sophia and Majo, I see a reflection of that same dynamic. A shared energy. A rhythm.
Together, we form something larger than ourselves, a group of women in our thirties and beyond, feeding each other ideas, confidence, and momentum in ways that feel both effortless and essential.
When Sophia first told me about SAVANT, I was ecstatic. Finally, a publication that felt elevated, intentional, and necessary. A platform that would highlight the intelligent, the audacious, the ambitious, the cosmopolitan. A point of view that felt both refined and alive.
To build something like this alone would not only be difficult, it would miss the point entirely.
Sophia chose Majo not just because of their friendship, but because their ways of thinking, creating, and moving through the world complement each other in a way that is rare. Their talents intersect, expand, and sharpen one another.
The result is undeniable.
Sophia, Canadian-born, carries the instinct of a serial entrepreneur. She does not fear failure because she understands that success is not defined by outcomes, but by approach. There is an audacity in the way she moves, balanced by a quiet grace that allows her to navigate anything placed in front of her.
Majo, from San Miguel de Allende, is something else entirely. Her elegance is effortless, her presence immediate. She has a rare charisma that shifts a room the moment she enters it. What stays with you, though, is her mind. Sharp, perceptive, and endlessly engaging.
They share a sense of humor that cuts clean, a sensitivity to the voices around them, an instinctive understanding of aesthetics, and a clarity about what they want from life. These qualities exist in many people in San Miguel, but rarely do they appear so fully formed, and in such harmony, within a single partnership.
SAVANT is not just a magazine.
It is a way of reading the city. A lens, a perspective, an invitation to see differently.
San Miguel de Allende is dense with energy, layered with culture, and constantly in motion. To navigate it requires attention, intention, and a certain clarity of vision. What Sophia and Majo offer feels like a gift, a way to move through the city with more awareness, more depth, more curiosity.
Two perspectives, aligned and sharpened, guiding the way.
They are already a few steps ahead, and I find myself following their trail with trust. Experience has taught me that the most balanced and meaningful things are rarely built alone.
And if there is one thing I know for certain now, it is this.
It is not just good.
It’s hard being a girl, it’s wonderful being a woman.
A curated monthly dose of lifestyle, culture, and rhythm from San Miguel.
