Jonathan Valencia

February 16, 2016

ENG 1121- D465

Assignment: Summary of “It’s Hard Enough Being Me” essay

In the essay “It’s Hard Enough Being Me” Anna Lisa Raya describes her experiences as a Latina American in New York while attending Columbia University. Daughter of a Mexican American father and Puerto Rican mother born and raised in El Soreno, Los Angeles. While attending college Anna Lisa Raya felt like she was a low class or minor due to the fact latinos where always discriminated. She was never the perfect latina due to the fact she couldn’t dance, didn’t resemble a latina, couldn’t speak Spanish, and would often be mistaken as white or Asian. Anna Lisa Raya didn’t know who she really was lost but wanted to know her true identity. Until she heard a Nuyorican writers how New York influenced their writing she then though not to worry about what others say but be yourself.