Miryam is 67 years old and every morning she does the same thing. She pulls a chair outside her front door, opens her notebook, and gets to work.
For years, she has been the most informed person on her block. She watches who leaves at what time, who visits whom, which couples are fighting, which families are struggling, and which neighbors are hiding something they’d rather nobody knew. She talks to people, listens carefully, and writes it all down.
Then she sells it.
Miryam describes herself as a “professional gossiper,” and she runs her operation with the seriousness of a small business. Her pricing reflects the value of the information: general neighborhood updates come at one rate, while more sensitive or personal details command a higher fee. If someone comes to her specifically hoping she won’t talk, that service is available too, at a premium.
She has two tiers of income. What she charges to share, and what she charges to stay quiet.
The business model went viral after videos of Miryam discussing her work spread across TikTok and were picked up by Infobae and other Latin American outlets. Viewers were equal parts charmed and baffled. Miryam, for her part, seemed unbothered by the attention. She had been doing this for years, long before anyone outside her neighborhood knew her name.
She says the income from her gossip business has allowed her to buy two houses.
