My guest on this episode is Evelyn Obongen. She shares with me the wonderful story of her madre and how the "ganas de sobrebivir" is within us all. She depicts the story of how her parents were the trailblazers in the town they came to know as their home. As a fellow Tejana we were able to relate on how at times we were disconnected from our fellow peers. From being terrible at pop culture to sometimes not understanding certain words. We had a deep conversation on how being a Latina also comes with constraints from our own people on what we should and shouldn't do. We definitely let it all out and discuss how we should not be asking for permission on how we should be defined. We also discovered that we haven't really discussed these feelings with anybody else. It definitely felt good to let that baggage out. Ultimately, we came to the conclusion that we should be able to put "child to immigrant parents' on our resume.
Listen to this episode and I invite you to seek whatever weight you been carrying as a child to immigrant parents. If you find it, talk about it!
