I had a happy childhood. We were poor (and I didn’t know it) but most of memories from childhood (minus some dark and damaging secrets which I will write about at another time) are ones that bring a smile to my face. I am the middle child. My parents had three girls. Jessica, Jennifer (me) and [...]
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Somos Latinos I
Posted in Central & South America, Immigrants, Latino, Memories, New York City, Panama, Writing, black people, family, grandma on June 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
globalización: Los Estómagos de los pobres
Posted in Central & South America, News and politics, Political, Politics on October 19, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I was honored to stand before a man who had tried to lead his country out of poverty–Former President of Peru Alejandro Toledo (2001-2006). He stepped down a few months ago and talked about his accomplishments and his failures. He inspired me, but still, true to politicians (regardless of party affiliation) he spoke in oxymoron [...]
Mi Gente centroamericana / Afro-Americano / Inmigrantes
Posted in Central & South America, Culture and 'Ethnicity', Panama, Radical, The South, activist on October 10, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
The voices of my people are often loud and after a long day of work and school and then more work, no one making the commute home wants to hear the obnoxious squeals from a girl whose jokes aren’t that funny. About a group of five or six young women who were leaving their jobs [...]
Remembering II: Snapshots (Cuando nos vamos, adonde va las fronteras?)
Posted in Central & South America, Journal, Memories, Panama, family on September 17, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
One day I will write in detail about what it was like growing up in Drew Hamilton Projects in Harlem, N.Y. It was an experience I would not have traded with any other kid in the world and I learned more about life and the cultural experience of humans in my old neighborhood than I [...]
