Elenamary

My mother immigrated to this country shortly before I was born. She has told me many times that she feels an immediate connection with immigrants. That there is a common bond.
I think that my mother being an immigrant has greatly affected the way I interact with others and view the world.
I love learning about languages, [...]

Years ago I got some criticism that I blogged very little about my family and when I did blog about them, the compliments were wonderfully sweet and made me proud of my family;
Elena Mary’s blog is one of the very first I started reading - nearly two years ago - and never once had I [...]

An underground blogging video of the Democratic convention from the perspective of my favorite bloggers. Bloggers who focus on issues that directly effect POC, immigrants, women, the disenfranchised. I was late to work watching it and it was worth it. (Part three of the four part video left me with watery eyes).
I think the people [...]

I was on a walk with my dear friend Miles Curtiss of Marvin the Robot fame and we were discussing local politics. I had mentioned that maybe some day I’d like to run for mayor of Columbus and that I do know a fair amount of people in the city.  Miles responded that I also [...]

The kind of conversation that annoys me to no end:
“Pues rellene un aplicacion para que puedo pagar el bil del dish, estoy esperando que me llamen para atras.”
“Mi esposo parquea en el parqueo cuando trabaja de rufero.”
“Lleve mis ninos al parqueo y a la libreria.”

When I first started keeping track of blogtitlan it pretty much consisted of Cindylu, Julio Sueco, El Pocho Abogado and El Daily Texican. Cindylu was an undergrad El Pocho Abogado was getting ready to start law school. Now Cindylu is almost finished with her PhD, El Pocho Abgoado is a practicing Abogado, Daily [...]