About Boricua
Boricua came about in 2022 when I had the idea to interview my fiancé's ​grandmother for a university class. This class, a literature class titled Latinx Literature of Trauma and Testimony, was exploring ideas about ethnicity, identity, and nation, and my professor had encouraged us to step outside our comfort zones and create projects within activist discourses. As a project in digital humanities and activism, I chose to not only interview Ana, but her son Joe and her grandson, my fiancé Liam to hear different perspectives. Their stories are invaluable to the current dialogue surrounding the Puerto Rican diaspora and what constitutes Puerto Rican identity.
Thank you for engaging with content and conversations that have real impacts on how communities and nations construct their identities and histories. Thank you to Ana, Joe, and Liam for sharing their stories. Thank you to Dr. Marta Caminero-Santangelo for inspiring and encouraging me as I worked on this project.
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