Do any of you watch Rachel Maddow?  She is on CNBC “The Rachel Maddow Show” and offers great smart wry commentary about whatever is happening that day in politics.  I am a fan.  She has a segment called “Talk Me Down” where she sounds off in an editorial sort of way and then asks someone who has real [...]

To be honest, I hadn’t thought much about illegal immigration until now.  Luis and I went through the very intimidating process of immigrating him from Peru which was not an altogether pleasant experience.  We were ushered to the back room to be observed and interviewed by immigration officers every single time we attempted to pass through [...]

I have been delaying my writing about my experiences as a Psychologist, well immersed in the Hispanic culture here in the US, because it’s just frankly overwhelming.  It’s hard to know where to start, what might be relevant material.  As I said in my last post, anticipating this one and those that will surely follow this, I will do [...]

….I decided to dive into the Hispanic culture at a level that I know is not available to most, and began working 20 hours a week in a Mental Health Clinic that serves monolingual Spanish speakers.   As a psychologist my clients give me access to their lives at levels, well, at levels very profound.  [...]