On today's episode I interview my very own madre in the flesh! This is a Spanish Only episode so if you are Spanish challenged you will not be able to tune in. In this episode I speak to my mom about us and our relationship. I discuss my hiatus and my struggles with the podcast after the Delta spike.
This conversation discusses the struggles that I went through as a first generation Latina myself. The constant battle with our immigrant parents to explain our choices. The rhetoric, that I think most of us have to hear, implying that we do not think their jobs are worthy because we try to advance. I think as a 1st generation Latina I struggled with that the most. Having to fight that battle against their struggles and implying that I didn't have my own.
I also uncovered what was really the issue as to why she didn't want me to go to school. Then, ultimately get to hear what I think we all sometimes are never told.
The journey of my mother's story doesn't end at her crossing the Rio Grande. It continues through the raising of three kids as a single mother. It also continues through her hard work in the service industry. It mainly continues with me, her hija de mi madre. We are all a beautiful depiction of the product of immigration. We are bold, strong, and resilient. I am proud of you.

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