Immigrant Mothers & First-Generation Daughters

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Image source: http://mamiverse.com/immigrant-mothers-first-generation-daughters-11606/ There is a giant cultural chasm between many first generation Latinas and our immigrant mothers. We grow up in a society that is radically different from our mothers’ homeland. So many of the first generation women I have known experienced adolescent frustrations with their mothers that were further compounded by cultural miscommunication. […]

Empress Of’s Lorely Rodriguez: ‘I’m going to be the weirdest person I can possibly be.’ | Public Radio International

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Lorely Rodriguez performs as Empress Of. Here she sits with her mother, Reina Credit: Tower Records Her mom wanted her to become a TV news reporter. Then she listened to Björk — and set her sights on music stardom. #globalnation Source: Empress Of’s Lorely Rodriguez: ‘I’m going to be the weirdest person I can possibly […]