To the Femmebots of Miami

My strengths: Connecting dots, managing time, 90% confident, physically attractive, thoughtful, generous, spontaneous, 99% happy, creative, headstrong…being a Latina writer and helping all my Latina writers with big mouths and big ideas — Marga Gomez, you know who you are. My weaknesses: Impatient, managing time, desperate for attention, headstrong, know-it-all, judgmental, self-conscious, power trippy, spontaneous, …

Never forget where you came from.

That’s the mantra of a Femmebot climbing the social and economic ranks of the United States of America. Or at least it should be. You can’t be one generation removed from your immigrant parents and forget the cracking sounds of their backbreaking work. It’s not just Latinas – it’s Jewish girls, Chinese girls, Indian girls, …