I grew up in a constantly changing environment; my family moved from place to place and I was always surrounded by different cultures. My best childhood friends were Chinese, German, South African, Lebanese etc. so I was always engaged and learning about different places. I began taking Spanish because I was bored. I was tired of the monotony of the French and Latin classes I dreaded all throughout middle school, tired of learning about just a language with disregard to the culture that it stood upon because in my eyes language was about culture and personality and traditions, not just solely conjugating verbs. Continue reading →