Salsera soy yo!… I hope!

It’s really not surprising that I love latin music.  HELLO?!  I’m latina of the world!  It kind of goes without saying!  However Latin music wasn’t always a favourite for me. When my parents moved us from Canada to El Salvador I was adamant to not let the latin influence get to me… Yes, I was a silly teenager in the middle of my rebellion…  it didn’t matter that I was in my home country with my kin and, finally, going to school with kids that looked just like me.  I wanted to be the “cool” Canadian dressing in the “cool” Canadian style, wearing make-up when our school prohibited it and listening to all English language music and speaking only in English to my sister (who, at that time, was the only person I knew who was fluent in the language in ES).  The extent of my dance moves was narrowed down to bouncing up and down to the beat of the techno and electronica rhythm or trying (and failing miserably by the way) to do the rap moves that I saw on TV: the running man, roger rabbit and a repertoire of other moves that I could never master but I thought I could pull them off if I did it with attitude.  Looking back I wish I could be able to slap myself across the face and tell myself that I looked like an idiot!   But hey, a teenager has to learn her own way, there’s no way anyone can really talk any sense to one.  Have you tried?! It’s like talking to a pet rock! Read more