The Colombian flag identifies my heritage. While people eat their eggs and pancakes on sunday mornings, I’ll gladly take my Arrepa con Queso and proudly say I’m a Colombian American. My parents came to the United States in the year of 1978 and had me 10 years later. My parents always grew up on farms and strict family households, where they worked and learned to be independent at 6 years old. They brought their traditions from Colombia to Philadelphia and raised me with their tradition.…
Young Latin American woman of Mexican descent with a curvaceous physique. Full time college student, studying Communications. I would describe myself as a fun, sweet, and easy going girl. I am bilingual in Spanish. Born and raised in the city of Los Angeles in California.…
Amber What is a warrior? What does it mean to be a fighter? Every time I look at my little 4-year-old cousin, Amber, she reminds me of what a warrior is. Amber Marie and her sister Alexia Rose were born 4 months premature and they weighed 1 pound 5 ounces.…
I took this challenging experience and upbringing and turned it into positivity in my life. It gave me a mentality to go after and attain for myself whatever it is that I wanted. It also taught me to never put limitations on myself because what I believed I could do, I always could do. Being Latino and growing up…
The world I come from is filled with great people, and is set up with opportunities for success, and achievement. I come from a strong, large, multiracial family. A family of courage, pride and one that has fought to prosper for generations. I know because of them I became the woman I am today. I grew up very fortunate due to the fact that my parents fought so hard to give my three sister, brother and I the life they couldn't receive.…
Although people assume otherwise, I am Latina, and I'm proud to be a part of that community. I obtain my Latin blood from my father, who moved to the United States from Uruguay as a child. My parents divorced each other when I was young; however, when I was with him for either the weekend or the month of July, I embraced all the wonders of my Latin family. Latino culture entails prodigious amounts of cooking, and we always cooked Uruguayan food; it was almost taboo to eat out. From flan to the glorious empanadas, my family always ate homemade meals.…
My Hispanic heritage and the challenges my family faced shaped my character. My grandparents, uncles, aunts, and father picked cotton in the fields in order to get by and have food on the table. My mother worked seven different jobs during high school and college to pay for her academic studies. Their experiences taught me that it is important to focus on academics in high school and be resilient in college. Being bilingual in Spanish and English is another skill I have and will benefit my future relationship with patients, especially in Texas.…
Growing up as a hispanic immigrant I was mostly told “finish high school here and learn how to speak English well and when you go back to your country you could get a decent job.” But throughout my whole school “career” I wanted to show those people that I could do even more than just learn English and graduate from High School. I want to Continue my education and get a job here in the U.S and contribute to the community. I want to go above and beyond what people expect from me and prove to others you can exceed expectation and only you know what are your limits. People always tend to think just because you're a certain race, gender, religion, and ect… you have a certain limit to your capabilities.…
They are very family oriented and tend to have large families. They believe in traditional gender roles. The man holds the most power in the family. He is expected to be strong and provide for the family. The woman is to have the children and take care of the family, including the elders (Understanding Cultural Diversity).…
Growing up in a family with immigrant parents was not easy. Watching my parents freeze up every time a police officer pulled up next to them was anything but pleasurable. It was an anxiety felt by the whole family not just my parents. My parents, brother, and I endured many of these times throughout the years I’ve been growing up. Even though these were unfortunate moments, we all learned positive things from them.…
I am now able to appreciate the traits that come from both of the cultures I live in, whether it be the opportunistic outlook on life that I have developed from living in the United States or the motivation that comes from living in a Mexican household. I have developed goals of success, such as attending a four year university and majoring in political science. My Mexican side has encouraged me to work as hard as I can to end the cycle of poverty that has plagued my family and be the first to go to college and obtain a degree. Since then I have grown to love the fact that I am Mexican-American even more and more. I love that I am bilingual, and I believe that this trait will help me obtain the career in law that I desire.…
I live in Brownsville Texas which is border with Mexico. Growing up in a mexican-american environment has been a wonderful experience. Both of my parents are Mexican and they both inculcated the mexican culture in my life. Since I live in the United States my mom has endowed me with both cultures. In Mexico they do not celebrate Halloween, instead they celebrate ¨El Día de los Muertos¨ (Day of the dead), in my advantage I get to celebrate both.…
My Cultural Identity What comes to mind when you hear that I am Hispanic? That I am Mexican; that I eat spicy food; that I play soccer; that my parents came into this country illegally? Many times that is what I feel when people say that about me. Hispanic is a term that is used to identify many cultures that come from Latin countries. Do you know how many Latin countries are in North, Central, and South America, and the Caribbean?…
Rarely have I studied a topic that flows from my ears to my brain to my tongue as easily as the Spanish language; my heritage. The Spanish blood that runs through me is more than the genetics that gave me my dark hair and thin lips. It is the work of the generation that traveled from Mallorca through Puerto Rico, where it resides my family. This generation encouraged their children to study hard and make a living for their future families. In time, that influence would be passed on to me; finding my family book – filled with information I did not know about – this inspired me to investigate more and get to the point where everything started.…
I’m the oldest of my family ,it’s frustrating because they put me in charge of everything .When you grow up in a hispanic family, if you’re the oldest you are responsible for whatever your siblings do also you have to share everything with them .I hated that because growing up ,I had to share everything with my sister she is 3 years younger than me ,whenever our mother had to buy something she bought things for my sister first and obviously I was the last one. The reason she was and still is like that is because I always understood her point was that she cried about everything.…