Navigating dos Mares

Join us as we speak to U.S. born Jose Villa, son of Cuban immigrants. Villa shares tales of his bicultural youth, including his journey from ESL to applying to college without parental guidance. He gives us a peek as to how he’s integrated his multiple monikers (Jose, Joe, Cheo) to develop a single, confident identity. Are you raising a bilingual and bicultural child? Add MariVi the Master Navigator to your child’s bookshelf! Click here to read children’s books in English and español. Join Our Familia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wearemarivi/ TikTok: www.tiktok.com/wearemarivi Instagram: www.instagram.com/wearemarivi/ YouTube: www.youtube.com/@WeareMariVi Threads: www.threads.net/@wearemarivi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join us as we speak to esteemed, Cuban-born, marketing and media executive, Rosa Alonso as she shares her story. Raised in NY in a multigenerational environment, she came to the U.S. from Spain at the age of 13. The new culture created conflict, changed her role in the family, and distanced her from her background. The power of music brought her back to her roots. Hear her story. Are you raising a bilingual and bicultural child? Add MariVi the Master Navigator to your child’s bookshelf! Click here to read children’s books in English and español. Join Our Familia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wearemarivi/ TikTok: www.tiktok.com/wearemarivi Instagram: www.instagram.com/wearemarivi/ YouTube: www.youtube.com/@WeareMariVi Threads: www.threads.net/@wearemarivi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join us as we speak to Charlie Echeverry, a U.S. born son of Colombian immigrants, Charlie was raised outside of the U.S. (Mexico, Argentina, Venezuela and St. Thomas) until high school, when the family returned to the U.S. A very atypical upbringing filled with everything from culture clashes to the role of cultural interpreter, only to return to his cultural roots after taking a job at a Hispanic media company. Are you raising a bilingual and bicultural child? Add MariVi the Master Navigator to your child’s bookshelf! Click here to read children’s books in English and español. Join Our Familia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wearemarivi/ TikTok: www.tiktok.com/wearemarivi Instagram: www.instagram.com/wearemarivi/ YouTube: www.youtube.com/@WeareMariVi Threads: www.threads.net/@wearemarivi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, a new classmate triggers multiple, unwelcome feelings for MariVi, and challenging scenarios. Questions regarding who MariVi truly is arise, as she faces a student who is very similar to MariVi, yet different. Uncertainty and uneasiness return to her school life. Are you raising a bilingual and bicultural child? Add MariVi the Master Navigator to your child’s bookshelf! Click here to read children’s books in English and español. Join Our Familia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wearemarivi/ TikTok: www.tiktok.com/wearemarivi Instagram: www.instagram.com/wearemarivi/ YouTube: www.youtube.com/@WeareMariVi Threads: www.threads.net/@wearemarivi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, sibling rivalry creeps in and Abuelita continues her role of nurturer and Lady Wisdom. Though MariVi was interested in Spelling Bees, the evening ends with a favored Latino game, Dominos. Again, a reminder, that MariVi’s household is Hispanic, not American. Are you raising a bilingual and bicultural child? Add MariVi the Master Navigator to your child’s bookshelf! Click here to read children’s books in English and español. Join Our Familia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wearemarivi/ TikTok: www.tiktok.com/wearemarivi Instagram: www.instagram.com/wearemarivi/ YouTube: www.youtube.com/@WeareMariVi Threads: www.threads.net/@wearemarivi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices