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Carlos Perez: We Are a Nation of Immigrants

Editor’s Note: The Spanish IV Honors students have recorded the stories of their ancestors in a series of articles entitled “We Are a Nation of Immigrants.” Each is written in Spanish with the English translation below.

Una Nación de Emigrantes

           Mi familia es  de la República Dominicana. Mi abuela Griny es mi abuela materna que fue la primera que llego de la República Dominicana a los Estados Unidos. Ella entro con visa de paseo y se quedó ilegal por unos seis años. Luego obtuvo su tarjeta verde. La cual le sirvió para estar legal en este país y conseguir la tarjeta verde para sus cinco hijos que dejo en República Dominicana. Mi madre llegó a este país en 1978 a la edad de 12 años. Atraves del tiempo mi madre se casó con mi padre en la República Dominicana, le hizo sus papeles y así lo trajo a vivir a los Estados Unidos. A los tres años de estar aquí se hizo ciudadano Americano.           Mi abuela comenzó a tomar clases de repostería. Ella comenzó a practicar y a dárselo a probar a sus amigas. En cada cumpleaños que se celebraba se hacía un bizcocho para festejar y a partir de ahí la voz se fue regando y las personas comenzaron a ordenar bizcochos. Muchas personas comenzaron a elogiar y a decirle lo bueno que son sus bizcochos y ella pensó que era buena idea comenzar un negocio. Ella consiguió el permiso para poseer un negocio y con eso ella comenzó su negocio a cual todavía existe en Paterson.

ENGLISH TRANSLATION:

My family is from the Dominican Republic. My grandmother Griny is my maternal grandmother who was the first to arrive from the Dominican Republic to the United States. She entered with a tourist visa and stayed illegally for about six years. Then she got her green card, which served as letting her be legal in this country and get a green card for her five children that were still in the Dominican Republic. My mother came to this country in 1978 at the age of 12. After some time my mother married my father in the Dominican Republic, made him his papers and brought him to live in the United States. After three years of being here he became an American citizen.

My grandmother started taking classes to make cakes. She began practicing and giving it to her friends. In each birthday that was celebrated, a cake was made and people tried it and liked it. Many people began to praise her and tell other people how good their cakes are. She thought it was a good idea to start a business. So she got permit to own her own business and with that she started her business and it is still open today in Paterson.