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Content Note: this piece contains violence and abuse. Editor’s Note: This is a revised version of “Swan’s Elegant Dance” which originally appeared in What if the World Needs You? “Now […]

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Society never fails to single out the minorities, it harvests them one by one until their roots are detached from the ground. “The American Dream,” how lovely it is, it […]

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I was born into an immigrant family. Life was difficult and my family came to America with nothing. They worked so hard when they came here to make sure they […]

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As a child, I was embarrassed of my parents for not speaking the language: English. I would be in elementary school and see other parents using English while my parents […]

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I want to be happy, not just because I meet other people’s expectations but because I exceed my own.

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I remember all the nature around me, The mountains around a beautiful place called Guayabitos, The people walking in the street, coming back home after working the whole day.

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Latino, a blooming generation of a beautiful culture With a little Sazon!

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i felt as if i had been choked out as if there were rocks in my stomach

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When someone says, “what do you want to be when you grow up?” I answer, “alive.”