I am incredibly proud of my roots, and you should be too.

The food is incredible

Nothing will be ever compare to a nice home cooked meal from grandma, let tell you that. And don’t even get me started on how amazing holidays are.

Seriously though, what is a diet in a Hispanic household?

The music

You can’t deny that urge you feel of getting up and shaking what your momma gave you as soon as your favorite song comes on.

Salsa basically runs through our blood.

Family

We are family oriented AF. It doesn’t matter how much we fight and argue, because at the end of the day we know that these are the only people who will always have our backs no matter what. Also, a special shoutout to all those tias who are always showering us with compliments every time we change our Facebook profile pictures. Y’all the real MVPs.

Believe me, we know how to have a good time. Someone pass me the Tequila!

(drink at your own risk)

Admirable work ethic

We have some of the most hard-working individuals in our culture, and there is no denying it. Every day we see our own parents busting their asses in order to make sure that they can give us everything they themselves didn’t have when they were growing up. There are no words that could describe the amount of gratitude I have for my mother. Love you Mama.

She said "Hola, ¿Cómo estás?, she said "Konnichiwa"

We were given the gift of being able to speak more than one language aka we are already at an advantage when it comes to job opportunities #winning.

Doctor who?

You have a headache? Vicks. Your stomach hurts? Vicks. Your boyfriend broke up with you? VICKS.

Being Latina is a privilege to me and I thank God everyday for blessing me with this life.

Viva Peru carajo!