Tag: mexican-american

• Children’s Book Review: My Papi has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero

  A CHILDREN’S BOOK THAT HONORS CHICANX STUDENTS CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC HERITAGE It was an honor to write a blog post promoting Isabel Quintero’s book, My Papi Has a Motorcycle, for many reasons, but one of them is because I also grew up in Southern California. The illustrations, Zeke Peña, created resonated with me because they reflected […]

  Suzanne García-Mateus

  May 13, 2019

  Bilingual Product(s)

  agency, bicultural, bilingual, bilingual children, bilingual life, bilingualism, california dual language, Chincanx, culturally sustaining, gentrification, identity, immigrant, mexican, mexican-american, multicultural books, multilingual books, social positioning, spanglish, translanguaging

• Why I chose to become a Mexican National.

  On the day I became a Mexican National, December 15, 2017, I was filled excitement and like a piece of my heart was beginning to heal. I, of course, posted it on Facebook and got many congratulations. I knew that some people may not find my decision to become a Mexican National as making a […]

  Suzanne García-Mateus

  December 17, 2017

  3rd generation bilinguals, Bilingual Experiences, Language:Culture Expression & Identity

  bicultural, bilingual, chicana, dual citizen, immigrant, mexican-american, pocha