The Worst Part of Learning English Was Losing Out On My Culture

Trying to reconcile who I’ve become with where I came from

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She was fierce and intimidating. The image you get when you picture a successful businesswoman? This is her. She had an air of authority wherever she went, people shuffling uncomfortably in her presence and never hesitating to follow her lead.