- The first time that I came here was the first time that I saw snow.

(upbeat music) I was actually adopted from Honduras.

So essentially my mom grew up here in Detroit, so she knew more about it.

So for me, it was like kind of even learning the culture, learning the language, learning everything.

I had no idea.

So the first time that I came here was the first time that I saw snow.

I was adopted by a Black mom.

So essentially I grew up in Black Detroit, right?

Southwest Detroit was so new to me in high school.

So I went years without really realizing, knowing, wait, people speak Spanish in Detroit?

I had no idea.

So when I went to high school, I went to Chadsey, which closed down, but there was a lot of Spanish speaking people there.

And that was the first time that I got back into my own culture and said, wait a minute, there's people like me here.

So imagine me, I'm a Latino on Jefferson bus or on Dexter bus going to school.

I'm the only Latino in that community.

So for me, it was that community that brought me in, Black community that allowed me to kind of experience that side of things.

And then the Southwest side allowed me to go into my culture, understand what other Spanish cultures there are, and then saying there's a lot more to learn about who I am.

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