'Our culture can lead to silence around our struggles, but it can also be a source of great joy.'
, a Latina from Brooklyn, New York, of Puerto Rican, Honduran, and Panamanian roots, mentioned that completing high-stakes tasks, like her college application and having to balance a job to pay for her way through college, took a toll on her mental health. As a prospective first-generation college student navigating the application process on her own, the stakes felt even higher.
There are also cultural pressures at home: “Sometimes Dominican culture very much pushes traditional gender roles, which are honestly ridiculous. They expect girls to do the cooking and cleaning, even when we’re kids,” Jailani says. “ I don’t want to be expected to clean while the men sit and play video games, I don’t want kids, and I don’t want to wear dresses all the time.
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