Essays

As a Puerto Rican American and first-generation immigrant to the mainland, the celebration of the Christmas holidays can be answered with two words: cultural amalgamation. While we are proud Americans, we are also deeply Puerto Rican and tied to the…

How New Hampshire’s Mixed-up Holiday Traditions Are Helping Communities Flourish

Being an R&B artist in New Hampshire has been challenging but also fulfilling. I grew up in the inner city of Roxbury, Mass., where I spent a lot of my childhood years listening to my parents’ Motown vinyl collection. I…