In this episode you will hear a poem called On Raciolinguistic Identities, followed by a soul-filled analysis with Alma Gonzalez on linguistic historical legacies and navigating a new identity after moving from Mexico to the U.S. in the 1990’s.

In this episode, Christina Salazar, a senior at Morristown High School, reads us her poem "Yo soy." Inspired by George Ella Lyon's poem "Where I'm From," Christy uses anaphora to tell a lyrical story about her childhood memories in Sonora, Mexico. You can find her poem by clicking here.

¡Hola a todes! Welcome to Poemas Out Loud; a bilingual podcast that features multilingual speakers reading linguistically diverse poems in English, Spanish, Mam and other home languages in the Americas. Gracias, and we hope you enjoy the show!