By Celeste Polanco ·Updated September 23, 2024
“Tell me about yourself” is a question most of us dread to hear on a first date or job interview. However, I’ve been avoiding that question my entire life. My identity has, until recently, been a confusing topic of conversation. Growing up with a Puerto Rican mother and Dominican father with Haitian roots— identity was a debate. To my mother, I was Puerto Rican and
