About the Host

ABRIL SOEWARSO-RIVERA is a Mexican-Indonesian-American audio storyteller, performer, and writer. She first fell in love with radio as a backseat listener to NPR’s This American Life and hosts a podcast of her own, titled Love in Public, which explores the “geography of conversation” through human storytelling. Identifying as a proud TCK, Abril grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, on the Red Sea, and most recently, spent four years in Vancouver, Canada. She is a NESA school alumna, having graduated from The KAUST School in Saudi Arabia in 2019, before going on to study psychology and international relations at the University of British Columbia. Abril is passionate about community-building, solo travel, and the intersections between art and activism. She is currently based in Valencia, Spain, where she teaches English to K-6 students and produces NESA's podcast, The Wayfinder.