he prompt describes the most critical aspect of community: “part.” Communities develop in hierarchies, with those who hold power at the top, and those who follow the voice of the leader. However, to exist within a community, one must understand that the necessity of the community comes before individual drives. Community, inherently, carries the connotation of partnership, communication, comradery, altruism, and trust. I have stayed a part of my minority community through small bodegas that allow me to connect through food. Being part of a minority community means hearing about the family reunions awaiting to happen in the home countries. I sit and listen in my local bodega while I eat my empanadas and bollos, hearing the women next to me talk
