Tag: family
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Monserat | Seattle, WA
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I was born in Tonalá, Jalisco in Mexico but I grew up in East LA since I was two years old. Growing up in East LA was one of the most, luckiest opportunities. While coming into a whole new country not having to lose my culture because east la is…
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Miguel | Orlando, FL
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Anthony: So where in this area did you grow up? Miguel: I was born in Orlando, but raised in Mascotte, Florida. Mascotte itself is a very small city. A large population of that city is made of Mexican immigrant/migrant farmers. The people who are actually in power are White. The businesses, the…
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Emmanuel | Washington, DC
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Louie: So where’d ya grow up?Emmanuel: I grew up in Jersey, I moved to Philly when I was 21. I think I was really attracted to Philly because I was looking for peers like myself, young people who were “out”, and they wanted to find other places to hang out. I was…