Jessica Bari in 1979 poses for a photo after a day with her Puerto Rican grandma Carmen. After years of wondering, I asked my dad why he never taught his kids to speak Spanish. It felt like a missing ...

Growing up Latino in the US, it can often feel like you're being pulled in two separate directions at all times. On one end, there's this pressure to be "Latino enough" — to keep traditions alive, ...

Anna Miorelli’s Cuban grandparents always held on tightly to their cultural roots, even after living in South Florida for more than 30 years. This included their native language: Spanish. “While my ...

While language can connect people to their culture and be a source of pride, it can also bring about embarrassment and anxiety. According to the Pew Research Center, 78 percent of U.S. Hispanics say ...

I am a Latina who speaks Spanish, mostly because I was born and raised in the Dominican Republic, and lived there for 21 years. In my case, not knowing Spanish would've probably meant failing in every ...

HAVANA (Reuters) - Hundreds of Cubans lined up outside the Spanish Embassy in Havana on Monday on the first day Spain began taking applications for Spanish citizenship under the country's "historic ...

Teresa Lawrence, the majority owner of Delta Administrative Services and New Orleans staffing company, Delta Personnel, discovered her mission in life after her mother was badly injured and could no ...