I’m not known for my political opinions or comments, you haven’t seen much of that here, except on special occasions and this is one of those. As you already know, I am puertorrican, born and raised on the island. If you have been following the upcoming U.S. elections, you have heard the recent “jokes” made by “comedian” Tony Hinchcliffe about my home and Puertoricans.

Hinchcliffe, being a Republican and Trump supporter, claims everything he said were just “jokes” and we’re being too sensitive, but I don’t know how not to be sensitive when he is calling my home “a floating island is garbage”. How dare he? He is not only insulting my home but me, my family, friends, coworkers,neighbors, everyone who lives here too. Being offended by that is not being sensitive, it’s having ears, listening and understanding what they are saying about us and how he and a lot of people see us. 

Now I would like to say a lot more but I am going to leave you with someone who can say it a lot better than I can, my brother Andres, a.k.a. El Cayito:

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I’m an aspiring writer still looking for exactly what I want to write about, with a lot of creativity, imagination and desire to write. I studied Writing and Rhetoric at Syracuse University where I explored many different sides of writing through my classes and extracurricular activities in order to narrow my search for an identity as a writer. I have written for Citrus TV Noticias and La Voz magazine, both of which gave me the chance to explore different mediums in which to write in. Through Citrus TV Noticias I also gained experience in translating from English to Spanish and vice versa, which is also something that I would be interested in working on since I am fluent in both of these languages. I was also an intern at Syracuse University Press where I got hands on experience in what goes into actually editing and publishing a book. Through out the last four years I have faced a lot of challenges, which helped chape the person I am today. After being in a tragic car accident, being in comma, having a Traumatic Brain Injury, and being in therapy for over a year, I am a new me, willing to face challenges and knowing how to deal with them. I want to write about my accident and life after it to help others, show them it can be done and help in any way I can.

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