White in America, Gringa en Sudamérica
Kiersten Stiles, Watkins Glen, NY Student at Corning Community College
You’re Not Like Us, Fake Hispanic
Isabelle Roybal, Aurora, CO I’ve always grown up not being able to speak Spanish, yet I’ve always identified as a Hispanic. However, regardless of my...
Don’t call me gringa; Soy Colombiana.
Eugenia Kristina Draper, Scottsdale, AZ I am 100% Colombian and grew up in a fully Spanish speaking family with both parents having immgigrated to the...
Not from here, nor from there.
Maria Sefchick, Seattle, WA My father is American, my mother Mexican. I was born in the US, went to live in Mexico when I was...
Multi-racial man without a country to call home.
Juan Carlos Greater Boston, MA If you look at me… I look Latino. Not tall, dark features – hair, eyes, skin, wide nose, full lips....
I am content being called “gringa.”
Nell Haynes, Chile. Sometimes it’s hard being the person that always stands out in a crowd, especially in an impoverished city in the middle of...
“No eres gringa, no actúes así.”
Valerie Guerrero, Mission, TX. All my life I’ve grown up around my Hispanic family. It’s unusual for me to ever say something in English in...
I am more than a word.
Krislyn Real Beaverton, OR When I was younger race was something to be proud of. I grew up in central California where the Latin-American population...
“South Mexican” here, “Gringa” back home.
Francisca Ugalde Akron, OH I have been living away from Chile for over 18 years, and here in Ohio for 15. I certainly don’t get...
