Puerto Rican voices balance tenderness and bite: street-corner wit alongside hurricane-tested resolve. Sayings savor the sobremesa, family, elders, and the daily bendición, while literature braids Taíno echoes, African drums, and Castilian cadence into a Spanglish lilt. Themes circle home and departure, love that argues, humor that heals, dignity that refuses to bow. You’ll hear mangó and café, coquís at dusk, and city horns at dawn; protest and prayer share a breath. Above all, a fierce alegría insists: we endure, we invent, we dance.
"I admire them for making their way up and opening new opportunities for other Latin newcomers. Latinos have come a long way and the roles and opportunities just seem to be improving"
