In 1967 my grandmother and her husband moved to New York from Colombia. They traveled on a plane and sought new opportunities in the United States. Once they became settled, they moved to New Jersey three years later. At that time my grandmother was pregnant, and in 1970 my mother was born in Hackensack, New Jersey. Two years later my uncle was born, and he was kept in the hospital because he was sick. This caused my family to struggle, and my mother and her uncle went back to Colombia to be with their family. Once my uncle was alright, they all went back to Colombia.
My mother grew up in a big family and was always spending time with them whether it was going out for a picnic, or going to the food market on the weekends. While my mother