Roxana is a bilingual and bicultural mamá to Vanessa, an inquisitive kindergartener, and her always on-the-go baby brother, Santiago – both of whom are growing up between two worlds and in two languages. A long-time journalist, Roxana is in charge of all editorial content. Oh.. and she's also the co-founder of SpanglishBaby.
Twitter: @roxanaSB
Will my children be as passionate about Spanish as I am? I sure hope so… I know it’s crazy for me to even think about this right now considering my kids are only 5 and 2, but it’s something I often wonder. In fact, I’ve been meaning to write about this for a while, but then I got the February issue of Latina magazine which has an article titled Are we losing our Language? on the cover and I decidedRead More ...
Our friends from the awesome bilingual family band Moona Luna just shared with us the first episode of their brand new web show Moona In The City and we think you’re going to love it: Hosted by the talented lead singer Sandra V. and a friendly cow called – what else? – Moona, this is a food, travel and adventure show for kids. The idea is that together, Sandra and Moona will explore the diversity, both cultural and culinary, in theirRead More ...
¡Hola! Welcome to the new and improved SpanglishBaby! This has been in the works for several months now and we couldn’t be happier with the results. Hope you feel the same way! If you’re new here, this will serve as a guide of sorts to keep in mind when navigating our site. If you’re not new, we still have all the great content as before, PLUS a few surprises. One of the main things you’ll notice is that our newRead More ...
Today we honor a courageous human being who always said it like it was: Martin Luther King, Jr. I often wonder what he’d think of the current anti-immigration laws – full of the very civil right abuses he so adamantly denounced. My children are still way too little to understand any of it, but as they get a little older, I want to make sure that they know about this man and not just from what is taught to themRead More ...
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Roxana
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.
