Ismael Pérez
Columnist, audience specialist
Ismael Pérez is a columnist and audience specialist at the Chicago Sun-Times.
A simple hello can help people — whether you know them or not — through stressful, dark and frustrating times.
If you feel a connection, drop a hint that you’re interested. Leave no room for doubt you’re open to seeing them again. But also be ready for the possibility it won’t be mutual.
When financial advice doesn’t fully fit into our own circumstances, it’s up to us to fill in the blanks by learning from every personal mistake and success.
Feeling stuck in a comfort-over-fashion limbo? A stylish Chicago young woman talks about what motivates her to dress nice against chilly odds.
No matter our age or circumstances, we all need options.
If we can move on from toxic friends, relationships and workplaces, why does family get a pass?
The challenges of finding true love, or even authentic chemistry, with someone seems to get more difficult with each new generation. AI is presenting another obstacle.
Change doesn’t mean a friendship has to end. It can be an opportunity for the relationship to form a stronger bond.
I followed a reality TV star on Instagram, and it led me to the question: Are ghosts real? And how do we come to explain the unexplained?