Category: Storytelling
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To Be or Not to Be…Alejandra
My story began at birth. Original, right? My father was born in Jalisco, Mexico, and was an undocumented immigrant when he met my mother in the United States. To my knowledge, he still lives in Mexico today. My mother was born and raised in California, US, but her side of the family is from Durango,…
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Who Am I?
For most of my life, I didn’t embrace my heritage as a Mexican-American. I didn’t know how, and honestly, I didn’t know what that meant. I grew up in a border town- Brownsville (Tx)- Matamoros (Mx) border, and even though we grew up with the border Spanglish slang and the cultura of the border- it…
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Latino Heritage – Daniel Castro
I grew up as a white dude. I grew up speaking English in white suburbia that had zero Latin culture. There was only one thread connecting me to my Latin roots, my dad. As an immigrant from Peru, my dad fought against the tide to keep my siblings and I connected to our heritage, but…
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Zoila Cortes
What does identitad mean to me? It means perseverance and resilience. It means immigrating to the United States at the age of five to a space that did not want my family and does not want it twenty years later. Every year pierdo un poquito de mi Español and I am scared that I am…
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Xochitl Wilson
Who is Xochitl Wilson (formerly Gandarilla)? My entire existence has dealt (🤦🏻♂️🤣) with correcting people how to properly say my name. So much so that even I no longer say it correctly.Needless to say, thick skin has been developing since I started school here in the U.S., which was first grade. This flower (meaning of…