Technically, I’m not an immigrant. Still, my life has been shaped by my parents’ immigrant experiences. I was born in the U.S. colony of Puerto Rico and lived there until I was about four or five. My mother was born and raised in Jamaica and immigrated as an adult, first to Antigua, then to Puerto Rico, then to the mainland where she’s remained for the nearly 40 years. My father was born in the Dominican Republic and was brought by his parents to Puerto Rico as an infant. He has lived there all his life.
Your words on your many identities augmenting you, and not fragmenting you, resonated with me. I’m still in the process of reconciling mine as pieces of a whole, a whole that is bigger than I think. Thank you 💗
Your words on your many identities augmenting you, and not fragmenting you, resonated with me. I’m still in the process of reconciling mine as pieces of a whole, a whole that is bigger than I think. Thank you 💗