File photo: Spanish instructor Isabel Pagano during her Spanish class at St. Jane Frances school. Cole Burston / Getty Images Aug. 23, 2016, 9:36 AM EDT / Updated Aug. 23, 2016, 9:36 AM EDT ...

In Argentina, the reaction to me not knowing Spanish i s different than it is in the States. Because my U.S. identity is always so visible here, it often hides many other parts of who I am.

I'm a mom of three kids ages 6, 4, and 4. Since they were born I've been speaking to them exclusively in Spanish. My oldest can switch between English and Spanish depending who he is talking to.

I eat my Spanish-speaking grandmother's pasteles on Sundays, sing "Vivir Mi Vida" in the shower with all my might, and support Latinos every chance I get, whether it's at work or in my personal life.

Spanish is the language of my family and culture. It hurts not knowing it. I was finally having my “Selena” moment. No, it wasn’t me performing in front of tens of thousands of fans or about ...

So I finished Guacamelee! and I think I am supposed to feel offended.. I remember being told I was a bad Mexican. To some of the white friends I hung out with, I was one of them. Once someone told ...

I was 3 years old the first time I mixed up Spanish and English. It would not be the last. It was 1975, and my family had recently migrated from Peru to Northern California. Shortly after our ...