I used to think I understood my mother until I heard the story of the little girl she used to be. When my mom talks about Jamaica, you can hear the difference in her voice. There’s comfort there. She talks about being outside with family, the food, the music, and how home felt familiar even when life wasn’t perfect. Jamaica was where she felt safe. It was where she got to be a kid. That all changed when she was sent to California to live with her father. She was young, scar

Written by: Sofia Alvarez Raquel Alvarez left Lima, Peru at 19 to build a better life in New York City. Now retired and living in...

A biography on my grandmother, who grew up in Italy and raised a family in America.

First-generation college graduate Estefany Flores shares the successes and struggles she encountered while being a Latina woman on the...

Written By: Diana Ciminera Mr. Guillermo LaRosa shares his story about emigrating to the United States with his family. He first speaks...