Roxana is a bilingual and bicultural mamá to Vanessa, an inquisitive first grader, and her always on-the-go little 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 on SpanglishBaby.
Twitter: @roxanaSB
Editor’s note: During the next few weeks, we’re going to be doing things a bit differently here as Ana and I concentrate in meeting the deadline for the forthcoming SpanglishBaby book. We hope you bear with us. Because we’ve been around for almost three years (wow! when did that happen?), this week we’ll be sharing some classic posts from when it all got started. This post was originally published on February 3, 2009. In most parts of the world, beingRead More ...
Editor’s note: During the next few weeks, we’re going to be doing things a bit differently here as Ana and I concentrate in meeting the deadline for the forthcoming SpanglishBaby book. We hope you bear with us. Because we’ve been around for almost three years (wow! when did that happen?), this week we’ll be sharing some classic posts from when it all got started. This post was originally published on February 2, 2009. It Can’t Hurt I never really questioned whetherRead More ...
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At the end of last year, our nanny announced she was going back to Mexico. I thought I was going to die. Going back to work full-time when my son was barely 8-months-old had not been easy, but I thought we’d won the lottery when we met our nanny and at least I was able to work knowing that both my children were in good and loving hands. While I completely understood her reasons for going back home, I wasRead More ...
Jumping. Why do kids love to do that so much? Like most kids, Vanessa was hooked as soon as she mastered the skill. Lately, she’s been jumping the three stairs that separate the level of our house where her room is from the one where ours is. She thinks it’s the most awesome thing in the world! Me? Not so much. I always worry she’s going to get hurt. So when I got the opportunity to review the Bounce andRead More ...
Oh what a difference 24 hours makes! El martes hizo calor (lo cual es raro para Denver a finales de octubre). Hoy miércoles nos levantamos a esto. Pienso tomar otra foto mañana que saldrá el sol y la nieve desaparecerá tal cual llegó. Prometo compartirla. ...
Ana
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.
