In the essay “Its Hard Enough Being Me” by Anna Lisa Raya the main theme addressed is the different countries that their parents were born from. She didn’t know anything when she arrived to NYC as a first year student. She thinks of herself not Latina and other people think she is white or Asian. When Raya came to NYC she was pushed into a corner proving to her classmates and other people to see who she is. Raya and other people thinks that they faced a similar pressure knowing that some weren’t even taught Spanish in childhood.