This summer, we took our children to Puerto Rico, one of their ancestral homelands. They were very young the last time we were there. Returning to Puerto Rico offered another…
They say it takes a village to raise a child. In our family, it has taken several villages. I have never been the mother who had it all figured out.…
Last fall, I began making college visits with my baby girl. She is my favorite road trip warrior. I have my special things with each kid. With her, it’s road…
I was first a capoeira mom. Capoeira is Afro-Brazilian martial arts that combines dance with acrobatics, and music from the berimbau, the drum, and the tambourine to regulate the tempo.…
As babies, I refused to talk baby talk with my kids. I never made those weird baby sounds that people make to their little bundles of joy. This was partly…
As the president of a college of first-generation learners, I want the same thing for my students and their families that I want for my own: for the next generation…