Tag: mexican
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I’m a Mamá Raising Language Warriors
Language warriors are “… Spanish-dominant bilingual students [who] not only support English-speaking peers’ learning Spanish but also advocate for their marginalized monolingual Spanish-dominant peers. This language warrior role revealed problem solving, mediating skills, and advocacy, but such attributes are rarely recognized by academic assessments” (DeNicolo, 2010, p. 234). Below is a glimpse of MY little […]
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Identities aren’t static.
My mother is Mexican. Her mother is Mexican. Her father was Mexican. My father was Mexican. His father was Mexican. His mother is Mexican. My bisabuelos on both sides were Mexican. Their parents were, as far as I know, Mexican. Mexico is a five hour drive from where I live. I grew up eating Mexican […]