Jul 29, 2016
A week ago, my tango kid Dahiana asked me to speak to her English class about my life in New York. Dragging Patricia along for moral support, off we went to portray los estadounidenses in a good light. The first minutes were kinda nerve wracking for all of us, but after we got comfortable, the questions came hard and fast, especially once we switched to Spanish. I have never in my life met a group of 16 year olds more historically, politically, or socially aware than that bunch of teenagers in a little town in Caldas, Colombia. The questions were not easy, neither were the answers. I'd like to think that after that time spent together, some of the stereotypes were broken - for all of us. #2016IFP (at Pácora, Caldas)