Tag: el salvador
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Reflections on my 30-year anniversary in the US
On this day, 30 years ago, my mother and I arrived in Los Angeles, California from San Salvador, El Salvador. My story is different from that of many other Salvadoran-Americans who had to make a grueling trip to the United States by land. I didn’t understand my privileges as a child, but there were several.…
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Machu Picchu while brown
I never really thought about traveling as something I could do. Like any woman of color, when you see blonde influencers and their green juices (I have nothing against the green juices), you start to believe you can’t do this. Even worse when you’re being a digital nomad with a precarious budget and almost…