I AM FROM

I am from coffee

from the salty Caribbean.

I am from fridge magnets,

fish—colorful and playful.

From ruthless.

From mami

and Señora Linda

from aloe vera.

from cayenne.

I am from totuma,

drinking,

arepas,

pilea peperomioides,

and Disney movies.

Hi everyone! This is Daniela 🙂

I’m a fourth year student in the combined literature and language English major and I’m originally from Colombia! I was born and raised in Barranquilla (a semi-small city by the Caribbean coast) and I moved to Vancouver after graduating high school in 2016. I currently live in Burnaby with a friend from El Salvador and I work at COBS Bread~

Since moving to North America, and despite how much I love living in BC, being apart from my culture was really hard on me. During my first years I struggled making sense of my major and my place as an English student, for I always felt something fundamental was missing. Sometime down the road I figured the best way to reconnect with my “latinness” was to keep learning about our cultures in order to make those contemporary connections. I loved taking SPAN 365 with Tamara last term, and I’m even more stoked for this class!
Some fun facts about me:

✩ I wish I could say I have cool hobbies but I’m really a simple gal. I love Disney movies, road trips, painting, drinking beer and reading Alan Watts.

✩ I attended a German school my whole life and even went on exchange to Germany when I was 15, but sadly since I graduated high school and stopped practicing daily, my German has deteriorated drastically and I can’t say that I’m fluent anymore 🙁

✩ My parents’ apartment in Barranquilla is located just down the street from the school Shakira attended

✩ I just came back from Tofino last weekend and tried surfing for the first time and absolutely loooved it! It’s funny that I had never tried it before since I spent half of my childhood at the beach, but I will definitely give it another shot as soon as I get the chance

I’m really excited to get to know everyone and I hope we can make the best of this (strange) semester! 🙂

Enjoy this picture of my favorite spot in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (Kogui, Arhuaco, Wiwa and Kankuamo territory)

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