Sandra’s mother is from Puerto Rico and her father is from Haiti. Sandra came to Lawrence, Kansas for her PhD in English Literature. In this interview, she talks about the importance of education, food, and her parents’ experiences in the U.S. Later,…
Gibette’s family is from the Dominican Republic but moved to Puerto Rico just before she was born. She remembers feeling different from the other Puerto Rican children because of her cultural background and skin color. She moved to Colorado, Florida,…