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At the age of 15, my family and I went to Mexico when a relative passed away. We had been across the border a few times in my childhood, but this was the first time I was at an age I could remember the experience: the church service, the restaurant we ate at after, the […]

About a year ago, my family and I geared up for a two-month trip to Mérida, Mexico. I had been planning the trip in my mind for about two years, and on paper for about a year before that. As a non-native Spanish speaker, I knew that I wanted travel and language immersion experiences to […]

There is not a single, correct way of speaking about race and racism with children. In each family, the conversation will be different. Wherever you are, here are some tips to help you start the conversation.  Why Does it Matter? Research shows that children develop an understanding of group identity based on race at a young […]

A heritage language is a language that is spoken in the home or the community which is different from the dominant language in the country. In the United States, the dominant language is English. If someone grows up in a family where Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, Vietnamese, Korean, Russian, Polish, is spoken, then that person would […]

How 54 Nos Led to One Big Yes I am worthless. I am worthless. I am worthless. These are the words that passed through my brain on repeat while my 3 month old daughter and 3 year old son slept in the neighboring room of my tiny two bedroom Copenhagen apartment. My husband was in […]

Releasing Shame and Embracing Imperfection  Last month, I hosted my first Language Preservation Parenting webinar. Parents, soon to be parents, aunties, grandparents, and community members gathered to learn about passing on their culture and language to the next generation. Participants spoke a range of heritage languages (Mandarin, Spanish, French, Creole, and Amharic), and shared a […]

At the age of 15, my family and I went to Mexico when a relative passed away. We had been across the border a few times in my childhood, but this was the first time I was at an age I could remember the experience: the church service, the restaurant we ate at after, the […]

About a year ago, my family and I geared up for a two-month trip to Mérida, Mexico. I had been planning the trip in my mind for about two years, and on paper for about a year before that. As a non-native Spanish speaker, I knew that I wanted travel and language immersion experiences to […]

There is not a single, correct way of speaking about race and racism with children. In each family, the conversation will be different. Wherever you are, here are some tips to help you start the conversation.  Why Does it Matter? Research shows that children develop an understanding of group identity based on race at a young […]

A heritage language is a language that is spoken in the home or the community which is different from the dominant language in the country. In the United States, the dominant language is English. If someone grows up in a family where Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, Vietnamese, Korean, Russian, Polish, is spoken, then that person would […]

How 54 Nos Led to One Big Yes I am worthless. I am worthless. I am worthless. These are the words that passed through my brain on repeat while my 3 month old daughter and 3 year old son slept in the neighboring room of my tiny two bedroom Copenhagen apartment. My husband was in […]

Releasing Shame and Embracing Imperfection  Last month, I hosted my first Language Preservation Parenting webinar. Parents, soon to be parents, aunties, grandparents, and community members gathered to learn about passing on their culture and language to the next generation. Participants spoke a range of heritage languages (Mandarin, Spanish, French, Creole, and Amharic), and shared a […]

If you come to my house for dinner, there is a good chance that you  will hear my almost four year old son speaking and switching effortlessly between three languages. He speaks Spanish with me and Danish with his father; his father and I speak English with each other, and our son now joins in […]

Hola, I’m Vero. I’m a Harvard-trained doctora of education with several years of experience in creating meaningful learning environments for children. I’m also a heritage Spanish speaker, raising trilingual children. When I became a mother four years ago, I knew that I wanted to raise my Mexican-American-Danish son to feel connected to all parts of […]

I have very vivid childhood memories, and like most Mexican-American girls who grew up in the 90s in South Texas, many of those memories involved Selena Quintanilla. Selena was the soundtrack to my childhood, and was ever-present.

I am a big fan of podcasts and was thrilled when my son started to sit down and enjoy podcasts at around three years old.

For me, restorative schooling happened most often through counternarrative, and women were the storytellers, stars, and villains.