Elsie Rivas Gomez is a mother, wife, teacher, and writer living in Pasadena, CA. She was born in El Salvador and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her first collection of poetry, Swimming in El Rio Sumpul, was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. You can find her blogging over at MamaFeminista.
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I’ve been thinking about two things lately: my daughter’s name and her linguistic environment. When we named her Marisol, we intentionally chose a Spanish name, including that rolled “r.” We knew it would be butchered often, but loved it anyway and it became her name. Her middle and last names are also very clearly Latino names as well. Throughout our days, though, I wonder if her name will make her feel out of place, or self-conscious because it is soRead More ...
Tita was mi Abuelita. She was a vivacious, loud, loving bull of a woman. She lived with my family since before I was born, and until she died when I was 16 and she was 83. We slept in side-by-side twin beds until my brother moved out when I started high school. Late at night, we would talk about nothing and everything–she would teach me Spanish prayers and make the silliest jokes that made us both giggle. When my fatherRead More ...
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We are two Latina moms – best friends since college – who are extremely passionate about ensuring our children not only speak both our languages, English and Español, but that they also grow up proud of both their cultures, Latino and American. Over three years ago we realized there's was a lack of information available for parents raising bilingual + bicultural children, so using our background in media, we launched SpanglishBaby.
