Learning To Be
I was born in Guinea, West Africa and immigrated to the United States when I was 6 years old. As I can remember it wasn’t hard to adapt and adjust to American culture. However, my parents were …
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Learning To Be
I was born in Guinea, West Africa and immigrated to the United States when I was 6 years old. As I can remember it wasn’t hard to adapt and adjust to American culture. However, my parents were …
Spanish Speaking vs the non spanish speaker
Living in 2 worlds may sound ideal to people who haven’t found themselves but to the people that have tried/ trying it’s embarrassing. All my life i was born and raised in America, …
When I was 14, I flew to Guyana for the first time. It was an amazing experience and it opened my eyes to life outside of America. I realized how much better yet similar our lives were. Living in my …
The 2 worlds that I’m split between would be the American and Spanish in me. What I mean by that is the language aspect of it. I can speak English and Spanish (somewhat). Due to this I have trouble understanding …
“You aren’t taking advantage of all your opportunities” -My mom
There was a period of time the year after I graduated high school that I really did not care about college at all. I was enrolled into school and everything …
I feel like I have always been between two worlds in my life just because of the fact I am in bilingual. I grew up with just my mom, who only spoke Spanish, so I had pretty much no other …
My unfamiliarity with the culture here made me feel more and more like a stranger, But the constant reminder from people about how i talk, my origin, the way i behave and even how i respond to situations differently can …
There was a time when I was living in 2 different worlds. This was during the summer of 2021. I was starting my first job ever at PINK. It was August 22nd and I was going in for training. Before …
Growing up I was raised into a Puerto Rican Catholic family . The thing was I was I did not know how to speak Spanish and I did feel comfortable identifying with being Catholic . Its not that I did …
Dominican Shantal vs American Shantal
As a young girl coming from the island of the Dominican Republic, I grew up hearing about the sacrifices that were made so that we can live in the US. My family wanted more for …