My grandparents would say, 'This is disgraceful! You are second generation from Sicily but your Spanish is better than your Italian!.' Even I couldn't explain why I learned it so fast from my friends at 13. By the time I was a sophomore I was walking around, listening to Marc Anthony and salsa dancing like a pro at parties. I completely blended. Everyone always asked how I spoke it so well and I got really tired of being asked and eventually just started saying, 'I'm half Puerto Rican.' (On being bilingual)
