“Each month, our bravest readers share their deepest concerns and insecurities with JP Brammer, and he offers his sagest advice on everything from dating to health to confidence. As our resident guidance-counselor-turned-guardian-angel, the self-proclaimed ‘Picante Carrie Bradshaw’ continues to give us the warm nudge we need to go after our dreams and silence the drama.”

“My voice emerged most when I wasn’t thinking too hard. So whatever comes out naturally will usually yield a lot of material, but that being said, it takes years. I still think I’m figuring out what mine is. All I know is that the alchemy golden stuff is voice. You can’t just pay for it, you can’t fake it, you can’t buy someone else’s or take someone else’s.”

“For John Paul Brammer, who writes and publishes the ‘¡Hola Papi!’ advice column, the first such letter was about a canceled commencement: ‘At risk of sounding dramatic, it feels like an important chapter of my life isn’t going to have an ending, that I’ll feel stunted as a result and that the memory of college will wind up tainted … Intellectually, I know I need to get to a place of gratitude, and I know that takes time. But how do I move on without feeling like I’m missing experiences that have shaped so many other people?’”

“In recent weeks, many of us have had to adjust to living and working remotely. It’s a necessary precaution to keep yourself and your community safe during the coronavirus pandemic — but it’s not always easy to do. John Paul Brammer, author of the popular advice column ‘Hola Papi,’ gets it.”

“Writer, illustrator, and ¡Hola Papi! advice columnist JP Brammer responds to three funny, moving, and surprising questions from readers about Latinidad and identity. His reflections include earnest advice — and a reminder to always find the humor in our own problems.”