Why I celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month
Happy Hispanic Heritage Month to all who celebrate!
My father came to the U.S. from Spain at 17 and worked his way through college. He met my U.S.-born mother here, and they visited Madrid, where I was born, while she was pregnant with me.
A few months later, we came back to the U.S. and my sister Laura was born two years later in Scranton, PA.
When our parents divorced, my sister and I, aged 5 and 3, returned to Spain to live with our dad and abuelita. I stayed there until I was 41 (I’m 61 now). Throughout the years, I frequently visited family in the U.S., including my sister, who moved to California 30 years ago.
My kids were born in Sevilla, Spain, and were 3 years old and 4 months old when we moved to Florida.
My sister Laura, my kids, and I are all dual nationals (Spain/USA), and I’m incredibly grateful to my dad for raising me bilingual and bicultural.
During nearly 20 years in Florida, I’ve built meaningful connections with Latino and Hispanic communities from various backgrounds and I would not have it any other way.
You may not know that my husband Phil was born in the Dominican Republic to a Haitian mother and a New Zealand father, and grew up in Mexico City until his family moved to Miami when he was 16.
Talk about multicultural!
Phil and I switch between English, Spanish, and a lot of Spanglish 😛
What’s your heritage?
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