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I’m fluent in Spanish. But I deliberately speak Spanglish because it’s truer to who I am

I’m fluent in Spanish. But I deliberately speak Spanglish because it’s truer to who I am

Melinda Maldonado is a half-Ecuadorian woman who felt ashamed she didn’t speak Spanish. After becoming fluent, she was surprised to find fluency came with a price.

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