Day 23: Ode to My Curls
Each curl is a stress i just wanna feel pretty not any less
Except each curl is a story I must learn not to worry.”
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Day 22: Power
"Sometimes life will try to take everything away from you. Sometimes,
it’ll feel successful."
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Day 20: A Letter to My Younger Self
When people question your lack of Spanish rolling off your tongue, and your freckled skin, remember that you are Latina enough.
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Day 18: Words as weapons…words as seeds
I used to be an outlaw. What I did was against state law. What I did was punishable by physical beatings, by exclusion from activities...
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Day 17: Spanish is My Love Language
"My ancestors tongue, flows freely, communally..."
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Day 16: (Ah-Leh-Gree-uh Mo-Neh De-Leh-on)
"It's exhausting justifying a world not meant for me."
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Sep 283 min
Day 14: My Hands
My hands, formed in my mother’s womb, created from love. Born into a family who believed I was destined to do great things....
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Sep 262 min
Day 12: Turning Dreams into Reality
It’s up to us to decide whether to chase our dreams or let them slip away.
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Sep 242 min
Day 10: Torch
"I live as part of the generation that carries my ancestors' unfinished dreams. "
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Sep 232 min
Day 9: My Identity
“The Latina in me is an ember that blazes forever.” -Sonia Sotomayor One day in 6th grade, some of my classmates (taking the Spanish...
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Day 7: kaleidoscope
"He carried two suitcases full of memories that belonged to the life he left behind"
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Sep 182 min
Day 4: Plastic Flowers
Darling me, I hope this finds you in good health I see you in the backyard of overgrown grass and dusty ground Of the little house down...
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