Mariana
Mariana loves sandwiches best, although going 95% vegan two years ago means having traded in ham and swiss for eggplant and roasted red pepper. Her boys, Santiago (5) and Sebastian (3), agree that sliced bread is the greatest thing since sliced bread. The boys are native Spanish speakers despite the fact that neither of their parents is, which has made raising them in Spanish a labor of love. Her commitment to raising bilingual children was made possible by being a first-generation Chilean-American born and raised in New York City, and by having spent two pre-kid years living abroad in Mexico City and Salamanca, Spain. Mariana moved to the RGV in 2010 and never wants to live anywhere else. While the kids are at school, Mariana is a full-time Assistant Professor of Philosophy at UTRGV. She has written for the New York Times, Womankind Magazine, and Yahoo Parenting.
My Five-Year-Old Adult
My kindergartner is eating the school lunchmeat.
This wouldn’t be a problem except that I don’t consider it ethically defensible to eat factory-farmed meat, and...
Why I Don’t Honk in the RGV
As a native and impatient New Yorker, I am no stranger to honking. Since I began driving at 17, my right hand has gained...