

Being Latina
The past two weekends I have been helping out at my family’s restaurant–El Rancho Colombiano in Union City, NJ–in the past I was not...


Sista, Sista!
(Alexandra): I don’t like telling people I’m Colombian. They respond by emphasizing on the “A” in Latina or Colombiana. It makes me feel...


Reflections on my cultural identity
My mom always reassured me that I am a Colombiana—no matter what. At seven years old I felt pretty good about this. It came from my mom...