“Don’t speak English” were the first words Ana María learned to say in English when she moved to Boston from Puerto Rico in 1978 at 14 years old. María still remembers one of…
How I pushed through Philly’s education system and learned to embrace my roots
*Editor’s note: The author works as a multimedia reporter for Kensington Voice. I was born and raised in Kensington, but my first language isn’t English. As someone who is half Puerto Rican…
Restoring Victor’s garden
Next to Hope Park on the 3000 block of A Street, a broken fence borders the remains of Victor Ortiz’s neighborhood garden. “The garden used to bring so much light into the…