El Salvador, Female, International, Latinx/Chicanx, Story
How Being Salvadoran Affected Me My story begins in a small town in El Salvador where my parents met and fell in love. After their courtship started my father was drafted into the military to serve in the civil war while my mom stayed back in their small town. As the...
College 9, Female, Latinx/Chicanx, Story
“It was during summer a couple years back that my family and I went to Diego Rivera’ childhood home, now turned into a museum, and stared at his paintings, along with Frida Kahlo’. These paintings of indigenous Mexicans were the most surreal thing I...
Asian-American, College 9, Female, Non-Hispanic, Story, White
Untitled With the abundance of diversity within the America, it seems that the embracing of other cultures is inherent, but this is not a universal concept. Being Asian-American, I noticed this within myself. Growing up, I was more likely to dismiss my Filipino...
