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" Spanglish is very natural. It's however it comes out. But there are a few patterns that all of us, especially Mexican-American writers, just noticed in how we utilized Spanglish. It comes out of necessity when you can't find the next word. You go to whatever language will serve you best. "

Tanya Saracho

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" Sometimes, when I was the only person of color in a room, you had to defend all the people of color everywhere. "

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" When you change media, perception is changed and then policy is changed. "

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Tanya Saracho

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" I had never heard this term before - gente-fication - which is also happening in Portland, Houston; it's happening in a lot of cities. It's upwardly mobile Latinx who want to come back to their neighborhoods where they grew up - or it's Latinx moving to L.A. and looking for a Latinx neighborhood to live or open a business. "

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" I'm sad about my theatre career, but I've also fallen a bit in love with TV! "

Tanya Saracho

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" When I got to Scotland, I signed up on a site called Meetup. It's like these group things you can do - a poetry reading, a hike, whatever. "

Tanya Saracho

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" I'm obsessed with accents. "

Tanya Saracho

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Tanya Saracho

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" I'm queer - and queer, to me, is not being stuck in a binary and being kind of fluid. "

Tanya Saracho

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