Bienvenidos and Bienvenidas to Blábeando
Finally Babble decided to add some sabor Latino to their voices! Finalmente no?
I am honored to be the first of (I hope) many Latina voices who are out there rocking the blogosphere. It’s crazy since people don’t see me as a mom even though I do have 4 Latinitos running around the house. So I was thrilled to get Babble’s invite because I needed a space where I can share my personal motherhood experiences. Sounds fun to me!
I also like the idea of coming out of my cyber-ghetto (called #LATISM) to show gringoladia that Latina moms are just like any other mom. But even more than that, we also have a brain and we happen to speak English. Most Latinas don’t even have an accent (I do). You have to be in my shoes to really understand what I mean. I’m a developer (Yes, LATISM is just a passion I do between 3 and 5 in the morning), I own a small development company that builds apps and games mainly in the field of education. However I’m always in front of situations that almost force me to go back to the stereotype. Good thing I’m crazy as hell and I have a good sense of humor so I just LOL at the fact that I’m probably making 10 times more money than the idiot who is pre-judging me at that moment. Then go on with my life.
I started LATISM because a client told me that there were no Latino bloggers. Now that we are over 150,000 bloggers tweeting our hearts loud and clear with one of the largest Twitter communities out there, I feel that we’ve strengthen our community enough. So it’s time to come out and swim new waters. Thank you Babble team for letting this crazy Latina who is nothing but a blogger wannabe with broken English, join this amazing list of bloggers who I’ve always admired.
Wepa!! :) Ana is truly a pioneer in this space and #Latism is responsible for bringing online Latinos together in an organic, empowering and positive way. So excited you´re breaking ground here too. And even more so to call you mi amiga!
Gracias Anita! a ver cuando te unes al grupo. Se me hizo super difícil la decisión ya que pensé si podía añadir todavía una cosa mas a la lista. Pero creo que esta vale la pena. Thank you for your kind words.
I am so happy to see Ana here! She is beautiful woman in and out.
Pero que linda! thank you for el piropo. Muah!
Yay Ana!!! So excited! Ever since we met at the Latina Bloggers Tribe at Type-A Last year I can’t get the term cyber-ghetto out of my mind! haha! Anima!
hahaha, it’s so true. Yesterday someone called #Latism the cyber slum dweller. At first I got really mad (you know me). But then I though about some really bad realities that are affecting our community. The average income of Latino households equals $6K a year. If we can be the voice of those hermanos, I’ll keep screaming until my voice is gone. I’m glad to have a new platform to bring this reality to light. But don’t worry, I won’t be too provocative here. At least I’ll try my best! LOL
How exciting to see Ana here! She’s a pioneer in social media and amazing person. ¡En hora buena!
Mil gracias Yoly! too sad I didn’t say goodbye on Friday. I hope to see you very very soon pa’ darte un fuerte abrazo.
Congrats Ana!! You know I love ya and am so supportive of all you do!! xoxo
oh Mi Reina! you know that you are my pride. You started the Latina community even before anyone ever thought of anything. All out of the goodness of your heart. Your selfless love makes you shine. Un besote
¡Ana, estoy feliz! Babble could not have picked a better first Latina Voice. You make us proud (orgullosas). You´re such an inspiration to me and so many others. I have been blogging for a long time but until I found LATISM (which means Latinos in Social Media), I had not made the time to actively participate in a community. The friends I have made through LATISM, including you, are like a familia to me. Congrats on this new page in your life, and may we get to celebrate many more achievements together. And as you like to say: Wepa!
Amiga querida! sabes que la admiración es mutua. You’re so humble and I totally love what you do for the Latina moms with Todobebe. Focusing on the newly immigrant moms is a mission we should all have. Nobody does it better than you.
Congratulations! So happy to see some brown flavor in the house of Babble. :) Looking forward to reading!
Thank you Denise. Funny that my next post has the word “brown” in it. Looking forward to engage more.
So excited to see someone like me on here (though I have no accent – Lol!). And Ana is the best – passionate, smart, capable, and determined to make a difference. Well done, Babble…and Ana! xo
Congrats Ana!! I can’t wait to hear your thoughts on parenting and you’re absolutely right, it’s about time! ;) Awesome that Babble snagged you up!
Wonderful to meet you, Ana. It’s nice to have a Latino voice here and based on this post and your bio, you sound like a very interesting person who will have a lot of intelligent stuff to say about parenting. Very much looking forward to reading all your posts.