My family stories start in the Dominican Republic or at least the story that is written and passed down. My family's real story starts in Africa but we don’t know where. But we know we were taken by Spain. And now our home is the Dominican Republic. It’s a country that we made to be our new home. But my family left the Dominican Republic for a better opportunity and a way to make a better life for themselves and future generations. But just because we left our home it doesn’t mean that we forget where we came from. We find where to give tribute and respect to it in many ways. That’s why my image of the Dominican flag my mom keeps in her car is so important because it shows that we will never forget where we came from and take our culture and our ways with us.  

– AR

Relationship:  Child of im/migrant Child of im/migrant