A Spanish-language edition of Your Gut, Your Garden that preserves Dr. Aja McCutchen’s voice and brings her message of health and well-being to the Hispanic community in the United States.
Fidelity to the author. Cultural relevance. A meaningful new voice.
A substantial community, a shared language, and a need for clearer health communication. This edition can bring the book’s message closer to Hispanic readers through accessible Spanish and a thoughtful understanding of their cultural experiences.
Hispanics represent approximately 21% of the U.S. population, making them the country’s largest racial or ethnic minority.
Of Hispanic adults consider communication difficulties related to language or cultural differences a major reason for worse health outcomes among Hispanic people.
About half of Hispanic immigrants in the United States primarily speak and read in Spanish. An approachable Spanish-language edition can support understanding and more informed conversations about health.
Pew Research Center, 2023 ↗Expand access to her work through an edition that preserves its identity, purpose, and the accuracy of its message.
Contribute a clinical and personal perspective that strengthens her professional voice around education, prevention, and empathy.
Strategic direction, narrative expertise, and project oversight to bring the original content, its cultural context, and Sarah’s contribution together in one manuscript.
English-to-Spanish translation with close attention to Aja’s voice, readability, and consistent terminology. Editorial review checks fidelity to the original, consistency, and clarity.
Clear Spanish for Hispanics in the United States. Review of expressions, food examples, measurements, and references to medical consultations, respecting the community’s diversity and the original meaning.
Milestone management, staged deliveries, version control, and consolidated feedback. Coordination with the author and contributor to maintain consistency throughout the edition, including the back cover and guest foreword contributions.
Narrative structure and development of an original contribution connecting her experience as a gastroenterologist, mother, and daughter with the insights she gained from the book.
A chapter that turns personal experience into value for the reader: how the book helped Sarah bring together her medical practice, motherhood, and the legacy of her mother, also a gastroenterologist.
Explore the experiences, values, and lessons that shaped her calling and the way she supports others.
Identify the ideas in Aja’s book that resonated with her life and changed her perspective on care and medical practice.
Bring an understanding of the Hispanic community into an approachable, empathetic voice that helps patients participate in their care. Show how knowledge passed from mother to daughter—and from physician to family—makes education across generations a lasting contribution to society.
Educate for understanding.
Prevent with sound judgment. Support with empathy.Proposed editorial focus for the collaboration
Sarah develops her text with an outline, guiding questions, and working sessions. Diana supports the writing process, shapes the narrative, and edits the chapter.
Diana drafts the text from conversations with Sarah and materials she provides, preserving her voice. Sarah reviews and validates her personal account and the clinical content.
One approach will be selected at the outset. Suggested length: 3,000–4,000 words, with two consolidated rounds of revision. The chapter’s title, placement, and credits will be agreed with the author.
Each participant contributes their expertise. Editorial direction connects decisions and maintains a clearly defined working version throughout the project.
Leads editorial direction and coordination, translation, cultural adaptation, and narrative development of the chapter. Consolidates feedback and coordinates production and Amazon publication in phase two.
Provides the final original manuscript, confirms authorization for the edition, and approves the approach, cultural wording choices, and inclusion of the chapter. The authors provide the introduction materials, plus the two or three foreword guests and their contributions.
Contributes her story and expertise, writes or participates in interviews according to the chosen approach, and validates the chapter. She is proposed as the clinical reviewer for the Spanish-language content.
From translation and chapter development to an approved Spanish-language edition, with design and Amazon publication included in phase two. The schedule begins once the final original manuscript, permissions, and project materials are available.
Two consolidated rounds of revision for the manuscript and two for the chapter. The authors commit to the agreed deadlines for materials, feedback, and approvals to maintain the 10-week schedule. Feedback is due within five business days per milestone. Delays may require a schedule adjustment; any extension must be agreed separately.
Phase two includes final editing, interior layout, adaptation of the existing cover, and publication through the authors’ Amazon KDP account. The authors approve final files and provide account access and publishing information. Platform review, printing, and delivery times may extend beyond the 10-week editorial schedule.
Next step: review the original together, confirm the scope and chapter approach, and schedule the kickoff session.
Shared services are covered by both authors; Dr. Sarah covers her chapter separately. All amounts are in U.S. dollars.
English-to-Spanish translation and editorial refinement of the original manuscript.
Includes creation of the Spanish back-cover copy.
Cultural and language consistency, version control, and consolidated feedback.
Includes coordination of a new foreword with two or three guests provided by the authors. The authors supply the guest contributions.
Final editing, interior layout and editorial design for 150–200 pages, adaptation of the existing cover, and preparation of publication-ready files. Amazon KDP publication in digital and print formats, with 10 initial printed copies.
Shared services and Dr. Sarah’s chapter fees remain separate under either payment plan.
A defined scope keeps the process focused. Additional services can be assessed and quoted separately.
Included additions: the agreed chapter, coordinated foreword contributions, and Spanish back-cover copy.
Any significant change to the agreed scope will be reviewed and quoted separately before work begins.
I combine strategic communication, narrative development, and project management to transform knowledge and experience into content with structure, purpose, and a distinctive voice.
My background includes supporting the publication of more than seven books and my own experience as the author of two books translated into English. For this project, I bring editorial judgment, sensitivity in working with personal stories, and a positioning perspective that connects the book’s value with its readers.
My commitment is to guide the process and maintain a clear connection between the message you want to share and the reader’s experience.