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Food

Hudes's family often uses this to bring the family together and celebrate. Abuela even charms the police using this.

HIV/AIDS

This disease ravages the Puerto Rican community and Hudes's own family, but Hudes's family finds it difficult to talk about.

Music

Hudes loves this, studies it in college, and is talented at performing it.

Virginia Sanchez's Visions and Spiritual Path

Hudes is intrigued and at times confused by these, but she ultimately ends up respecting them and writing about them.

"The Boy"

This person who Hudes first meets in college later becomes her spouse, seeming to represent the great love of her life.

Literature

Hudes finds comfort, solace, and excitement in this, but she also knows that her own heritage is not really represented in the types she studies in high school.

Dancing

Hudes's Sanchez family often celebrates by participating in this activity together, which she...

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