Hola mis linguistas.
I was thinking the other day, that I’ve built this wonderful community, but do you guys really KNOW me? To get to know me better as a person, I’m sharing with 10 weird facts about me:
1. I looooooovvveeee to belly dance. I enjoy listening to the different rhythms such as baladi, saidi, malfuf, etc. It’s my dream to host a “hafla” at my house one day. (A hafla is basically a dance party where the women dance and take turns playing the drum/dumbek).
2. I enjoy the intricacies of language such as grammar, punctuation and spelling. In fact, I used to participate in spelling bees in elementary school. You could say I have a natural talent for spelling in multiple language.
3. I have a wide range of knowledge about random things I learned over the years, partially because I’ve held various job titles: cashier, laborer, food service worker, beauty consultant/makeup artist, travel coordinator, as well as the aviation and pharmaceutical industries.
4. I love listening to music from other countries, even if it’s not necessarily a language I’m learning. If the beat is nice and I can dance to it, I’ll add it to my library.
5. I love living in Germany, but I do not like German food. I prefer to eat foreign foods like Turkish, Indian or Greek.
6. I’m a Virgo sun, Pisces moon and Sagittarius rising. And before you ask, yes, they all apply to me haha!
7. I’ve had some high-profile dates, such as a millionaire and a tv personality.
8. I’m a Spanish language tease, meaning I speak a little very well but can’t quite go all the way 😝 I have native/near native pronunciation, I know phrases and sayings with the correct syntax. So much so, most natives get excited to speak to me even though I’m not fluent. LOL I’m working on it.
9. My favorite dishes are salmon croquettes/bacalaíto. I remember as a little girl, whenever I would see my mom or dad come back from the store with that orange GOYA box, I would be so happy!
10. I consider all millennials that grew up in New York, to automatically be of Caribbean descent simply because of the heavy influence of the cultures on the city during our time growing up.
So, there you have it. Some weird facts you’d probably never learn about me from selfies or infographics.
What are some weird facts about you?
Xoxo,
Language Bae
Hola mis lingüistas,
I just want to offer a huge THANK YOU for being a part of the community, especially to all the black women who attended Sisters Only Language Summit, the first language conference for black women, last month!
You showed out in numbers and the feedback was overwhelmingly positive. We realize that an event of this magnitude (complete with workshops and a panel discussion) was so necessary for us [black women], who are navigating a language learning community that bears a white male face.
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*Picture courtesy of Morenita Mommy |
We had an amazing program full of workshops complete with an exciting panel discussion.
The workshops included:
- Landing Your Dream Job Abroad (Me)
- Rebooting Your Language Learning Routine in Quarantine Tamara Marie of Learn Spanish Con Salsa
- Why Music is the Key! with Desta Haile of Languages Through Music
- Discovering East Asian Languages through Culture with LeDonna J. of Discovering Language
The really amazing thing about the panel discussion on Black Women in Language Learning, is that the panelists were all HBCU Howard University graduates: Dr. Kami J. Anderson of Bilingual Brown Babies, Jamila Ball of Jamii Linguists, and Tami Garcia of Mully Lingua.
If you missed it don’t worry, you’re in luck! You can still access the replay for $25 here. A portion of the proceeds will go to support the COVID-19 Emergency Fund For Single Mothers in NYC, one of the hardest hit areas in this global pandemic.
Did you attend the Sisters Only Language Summit? If so, what were your favorite parts of the workshop? What would you like us to talk about during our next summit? Sound off in the comments below!
Xoxo,
Language Bae