I am Latino

I feel
a small culture
connection

I want to know
more
where I am
from

It is hard not knowing
but
I have a little
Latino within
me

I want to know
more
where I am from

food
community
parties
language
faith

Caesar Chavez,
my only role model
He was raised in a Mexican American
home
How was it?

He was a civil rights activist,
a labor leader – he changed things
How can I change things?

I don’t know.
I don’t know who I am
Mexican American?

Foster homes –
I had many,
most of them:
Mexican American

I remember
food
community
parties
language
faith
I miss that part
food
community
parties
language
faith

I am adopted now
into a non-Latino home
It made me
forget

food
community
parties
language

I am proud