Category: Unit 1

Growing up I’ve always been around a lot of my family, but as I got older, I watched everyone drift away, regardless of the pandemic. I was always closer to my mom’s side of the family; my dad’s side wasn’t …

These words I have heard so many times,”why are you so quiet?” This has led to a lot of people thinking that I am mute or something but the thing is, I just don’t speak a lot around people I …

My high school life was different from middle school because there were diverse backgrounds.My friend group had a similar experience where their parents were from another country and they were born in the US. It was easy to talk to …

Being an African American youth, It has not always been a smooth sailing for me. I believe I have had my fair share of struggles being from 2 different sides of the world. I am from A country in Africa …

I really didn’t want to write about this due to it being a bit clichè and personal. I’m the type of guy that likes to keep things private so when the prompt i was like ”aw f***k,really” because I also …

I used to relate to the phrase “ni de aqui, ni de alla” but as time goes by, I find myself being able to less and less. I struggled between my Mexican self and my American self because I couldn’t …

I’m an African American male with Haitian heritage and throughout my entire life, I’ve been struggling to find a balance between the two worlds of my American upbringing and my Haitian heritage. So for context, both my parents were originally …

I was born in Jamaica and moved to America when I was around age 8. Besides having a problem speaking proper English, I had no other big issue living in America. I made many friends in elementary school, and many …

As I was growing up I did experience the feeling of being in 2 seperate worlds. My parents orginated from Albanian and I was born and raised in the United States. When I visit my home country every couple of …