The use of the word mujer has been said by my dad to my mom for all my life, but not…
Being bilingual is a cool thing; being able to balance two languages back and forth is considered an asset towards any situation. But…
My first word was mamá. My first language was Spanish, English my second. At the dinner table I spoke my family’s…
Summer of 2013 was the first time I had ever taken a Gender Studies class in college. It was an upper division course and I didn’t really know what to expect out of the course. Little did my 18-year-old self know that this class would change my life forever.
I grew up in a household where both Spanish and English was spoken. Granted, the reasoning for my parents…
Ever since I was a young girl, I was taught all sorts of things. We learn as we grow up many different pieces. The biggest one is the way we talk. Language is a huge phenomenon…