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Blogeando

I have two blogs. This one here on Blogger and one on Wordpress.
This one is meant more for me to share about my experiences as a 1.75-generation Ecuadorian-American. The WP one is for me to share anything that's on my heart, mind, etc...tough thing is being able to distinguish between what I do, think, or feel that's divorced from my identity as a Latina-Americana. Honestly, I don't think anything can be.
So, maybe I think about this blog site as more of a platform where I can process things directly related to my cultural identity walk.

I realize this post is a little useless, but this journey isn't, so whatever. (:

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