2 Traumas in our life as a child can really impact us as adults and many people don’t talk about it because they don’t know how or what reactions other people will have to their stories in life.
Community
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I keep in mind always to never lose my story of how far I’ve come.
Journey of the Monarch Butterfly
In school, I had a lot of classmates who were Latin@ or black. I knew we lived in a diverse society. After school, my neighborhood friends and I would exchange food our parents cooked us-- my sister and I traded steamed rice for warm tortillas. I didn’t understand what was so tasty about plain white rice but I guess my friends thought similarly about the tortillas I coveted.
Steamed Rice and Tortillas
Our youth can change the cycle of poverty, of instability. They too can be the leaders who create change.
I Was Tasked With A Job
Giving up is not an option. Only when all people are recognized and respected and treated with dignity will the fight end. Only when we decide that we belong to the same tribe – the human race!
La Raza Humana
I enjoy sharing one of my passions, which is cooking; every weekend, we prepare a meal to go feed the less fortunate; we deliver hot food so they know that no matter the situation they are in, there is always someone who thinks and cares about them.
Continuing My Story
When electric lighting reached the community, and there was clean drinking water and TV, all the families began to grow apart and isolated.
The Beautiful Chelincito
We were in the country where her parents were born, but she was not welcome to own her identity by calling herself Hondureña.
Journeying
Although I was aware of racial inequality, I wasn’t critical of it. My introduction to consciousness was through feminism. My experiences as a female were easier to articulate than those around race.
Writing to Tell
1 ...my work is not “them,” “me,” it’s “us” together in solidarity.