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    Ivana Salazar wrote a personal cultural project about her Mexican heritage and upbringing in Las Vegas. She speaks Spanish as her first language which she learned from her family, and English as her second which she learned in school. Her family celebrates Mexican traditions like eating traditional foods her father cooks and getting the whole family together for holidays. Their customs include kissing on the cheek as a greeting and ensuring guests feel welcomed in their home. She hopes to achieve both short term goals like passing classes and long term dreams like getting a master's degree and having a family.

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    Ivana Salazar wrote a personal cultural project about her Mexican heritage and upbringing in Las Vegas. She speaks Spanish as her first language which she learned from her family, and English as her second which she learned in school. Her family celebrates Mexican traditions like eating traditional foods her father cooks and getting the whole family together for holidays. Their customs include kissing on the cheek as a greeting and ensuring guests feel welcomed in their home. She hopes to achieve both short term goals like passing classes and long term dreams like getting a master's degree and having a family.

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    Ivana Salazar wrote a personal cultural project about her Mexican heritage and upbringing in Las Vegas. She speaks Spanish as her first language which she learned from her family, and English as her second which she learned in school. Her family celebrates Mexican traditions like eating traditional foods her father cooks and getting the whole family together for holidays. Their customs include kissing on the cheek as a greeting and ensuring guests feel welcomed in their home. She hopes to achieve both short term goals like passing classes and long term dreams like getting a master's degree and having a family.

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    Ivana Salazar wrote a personal cultural project about her Mexican heritage and upbringing in Las Vegas. She speaks Spanish as her first language which she learned from her family, and English as her second which she learned in school. Her family celebrates Mexican traditions like eating traditional foods her father cooks and getting the whole family together for holidays. Their customs include kissing on the cheek as a greeting and ensuring guests feel welcomed in their home. She hopes to achieve both short term goals like passing classes and long term dreams like getting a master's degree and having a family.

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    The author discusses growing up in a Mexican household in Las Vegas and balancing both Mexican and American cultures. She values her Mexican heritage and traditions but also appreciates learning English in school.

    The document discusses traditions like eating Mexican food, celebrating Thanksgiving together as a family, and celebrating birthdays as a family.

    The author discusses facing challenges learning English when first starting school and having a frightening experience when someone broke into her bedroom window while she was sleeping.

    Personal Cultural Project

    Ivana Salazar
    Edu 280
    My culture
    I was born in Mexico but was practically raised here in Las Vegas. My mother was born in
    California and my father was born in Mexico. My older sister and older brother were also
    born in Mexico. My first language is Spanish and my second language is English. I learned
    Spanish through my family and learned English through my elementary school. When I
    first started Elementary I had a hard time since my teacher didn’t speak or understand
    Spanish. Now that I’m older I am thankful and grateful that I can speak and understand
    Spanish for I can use it to help my students.
    Traditions and food
    We usually eat Mexican food in my household. In my family, it is my father that cooks the
    food. He cooks enchiladas, chilaquiles, chiles rellenos, tacos, empanadas, rice, beans and
    much more. He makes his own salsa that we eat with our food and snacks. A tradition we
    have as a family is that the whole family will get together on Thanksgiving. It’s a must -
    that we come together to eat and talk about what’s new in our lives. The food for
    Thanksgiving is your typical turkey, mashed potatoes, coleslaw, and pumpkin pie usually.
    Sometimes we will have a Mexican Thanksgiving where it’s chicken, beans, rice, chile,
    tortillas, and flan. Another tradition is celebrating someone's birthday as a family.
    Customs
    In my family, when someone leaves or arrives home we always give them a kiss on the
    cheek. At my church, we shake hands and the give a kiss to the cheek but this is only done
    with the sisters at church. With the brothers of church we only shake hands. It is our form
    of saying hello or goodbye. My family organization is that everyone has a job they must
    do. My brother has to take out the trash, my sister has to clean her room, my father cooks,
    my mother folds the clothes and I clean the kitchen. The house must always be clean
    especially for guests. My mother taught me that when we have guests over, it is polite and
    respectful to tell them that this is their home and to have a sit. Also, offering them
    something to drink or food is a must.
    Life experience
    While my sister and I were sleeping someone decided to break our bedroom window. My
    sister and I used to sleep like a rock. We wouldn’t wake up even if there was a hurricane
    outside. So it was of no surprise that we didn’t wake up when he broke our window. My
    sister said “it was like someone was telling me to wake up.” When she did all she saw was
    an arm going back and forth with a flashlight. She started screaming and the whole family
    came in running. We called the police and they took him away. After that experience it
    made me realize that I wasn’t even safe in my own house. He took away our security and
    just brought nightmares. We now have bars all over the house.
    Education and skills
    Education has always been important in my family. My parents always said that I have the
    opportunity to go to school and graduate when they they didn’t have that chance. My
    mother especially was behind me since elementary school saying how I can go far by
    going to school. Now that I’m in college I see how important it is and am grateful that she
    pushed me to go. My skills are playing the flute, helping out, and math. I’ve been playing
    the flute since the sixth grade. I’ve always loved helping people and listening to their
    problems and giving advice. Math has always been my favorite subject since elementary
    school, (though I never admitted that when I was in high school.)
    Hobbies and interests
    My hobbies is listening to music, singing randomly, doing my nails, watching Korean
    dramas, and spending time with my family. I now listen to mostly K-pop music but
    sometime I go back to my old albums. I love singing even though I don’t have the voice
    for it. Love doing my nails especially when I put stuff on top. Watching Korean dramas
    has always been relaxing for me. Spending time with my family is priceless. My interests
    is learning about other cultures, photography, and education. Learning about other culture
    has always been fascinating for me. I’ve always had an interest in photography. Education
    is now something I am now interested in since I changed my major.
    Religion and Values
    My religion is Christianity. I was born and raised in Iglesia de Dios Septimo Dia (Church
    of God Seventh Day). In my religion we do not celebrate Christmas, Halloween, and
    Easter. You might be wondering why I don’t celebrate Christmas since that's the day Jesus
    was born and all christians celebrate that day. The reason why I don’t celebrate Christmas
    is because I believe that Jesus was not born on that day. I do believe that Jesus died for my
    sins and He loves me. I also believe he is the Son of God. My values are respect, treating
    others how you want to be treated, honesty, responsibility and kindness.
    Short and long term goals
    My short term goals is getting passing grades this semester, getting my associates under
    two years, getting my driver's license, getting baptized, and losing ten more pounds. My
    long term goals is getting my masters degree in elementary education, having a family,
    traveling, working as a teacher for 40 years and saving for retirement.
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