For years, many of us have said: ni de aquí, ni de allá.
Not from here. Not from there.
But maybe the story doesn't end there.
We are de aquí y de allá.
We don't have to choose. We carry both. Our roots connect us to Mexico. The United States is where many of us grew up, built careers, started families, and planted new roots.
One does not erase the other.
The Y means and. Not or.
You never needed permission to belong.
We are not less because we are both. We are more because we carry both.