De Pura Cepa
by Amanda M. Ortiz "Speak to me in a language I can understand." Not words of admonishment from a stranger as one might expect, but from...
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DWA Team
- 4 days ago
- 5 min
Growing up in the in-between
Learning to define and accept myself by Dayhana Altagracia Ray Throughout my life, I lived in the in-between. Feeling that a part of me...
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DWA Team
- 4 days ago
- 4 min
Sacrificios
by Dhayana Alejandrina We are all stories; even if the ink dries, our voices will be heard throughout generations, echoing until the end...
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- 4 days ago
- 7 min
The Audacity of Triumph
Teenage Motherhood and Forging Ahead with Educational Legacy by Dr. Judith Gil Over the last thirty years, my life has been a series of...
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DWA Team
- 4 days ago
- 5 min
When I Lost My Spanish
by Eddie A. Castro, Jr. Sometimes, I ask myself who I am, even though I know the answer. Dominican, right? Of course! It is not that...
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DWA Team
- 4 days ago
- 5 min
The Fighter/La luchadora
by Edwina Valerio āNo te preocupes, no van a ser bebes para siempre. Las cosas se pondrĆ”n mejorā is what my mom would say to her sister...
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DWA Team
- 4 days ago
- 5 min
The Dominican-American EnsueƱo
Gianna Baez When I was younger, I often exoticized the island of my parentsā and grandparentsā home as a āCaribbean paradiseāāa place...
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DWA Team
- 4 days ago
- 6 min
Face to Face
by Nancy MejĆas I cannot remember if I missed school on these days, and I do not recall ever going during the summer. There was always a...
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DWA Team
- 4 days ago
- 1 min
La muƱeca dominicana
Como la muƱeca dominicana, I have no face. My face is blurred by the mixture. I am first generation. I have no real excuse. No sabo, No...
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DWA Team
- 4 days ago
- 4 min
Fake Dominican
by Caroline Melendez To me, visiting New York always felt like some sort of rite of passage. Born in The Heights and moving to New Jersey...
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DWA Team
- 4 days ago
- 7 min
I Stay Dreaming and Believing
by Dori Sol Shout-out to the Black American community. You gave me a better chance at life. I love you, my kin. I would've never made it...
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- 4 days ago
- 5 min
Dreams Come at a Cost
but It Doesnāt Mean Defer Them Claudia E. Cruz Right before I hung up the phone with my mother, she said I was, in her broken English, āa...
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DWA Team
- 4 days ago
- 7 min
On a Bridge with a Purple Passport
Danice DeLaCruz A look back into the beginning of my identity estrangement and cultural displacement as a first-generation Dominican...
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- 4 days ago
- 9 min
Letisha Marrero Brings Us on a Spiritual Journey in 'Salsa Magic'
By Amaris Castillo In Letisha Marreroās debut middle grade novel, Salsa Magic, we meet Maya Beatriz Montenegro Calderon ā a spirited...
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DWA Team
- Sep 5
- 7 min
From Survival Mode to Abundance
Reconciling My Relationship with Money Giovanna Acosta Dominicans are bad with money. There, I said it. Donāt worry, Iāll explain. When I...
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DWA Team
- Sep 5
- 4 min
Waiting for December
AnƩcdota de una dominicana en Nueva Yol Griselda Rodriguez Adios to el patio de mi abuela, my mom's habichuelas y los juegos con los...
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DWA Team
- Sep 5
- 5 min
Not Bad for a BobolĆ³n
Indigo Diego Carvajal What is a ābobolĆ³nā? A quick Google search reveals that it's a term for someone "dumb or silly." If you were to ask...
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DWA Team
- Sep 5
- 6 min
Retos en cada esquina
Jhoselin Perez No sabĆa where I was going or why. All I knew was that Mami had moved to New York and I had to go with her. No one ever...
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DWA Team
- Sep 5
- 6 min
El niƱo de MamƔ
Kelvin Acosta De La Cruz āVen aquĆ, mi muƱeco lindo.ā Her voice pacified through the sirens outside. The vecinos in 5F were no longer...
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DWA Team
- Sep 5
- 5 min
Una visa cambiarĆ” tu vida (hasta si no lo quieres)
Maria McDonald Quezada Gazing outside the airplane window, I couldn't help but feel overwhelmed by the magnitude of the shift my life was...
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