This excerpt is from a recent American Boricua interview in Seattle, Washington.

Ray Cabatit describes his father Ramundo’s migration from San Marcelino, the Philippines,

through San Francisco, California, to the Yakima Valley of Washington. When Josefina Cabatit

landed in the mainland U.S. from Gurabo, Puerto Rico after WWII, her love of Washington

State was instant. Ray and Josefina are featured in ‘Under My Skin’, a new exhibition at The

Wing Luke Museum in Seattle’s International District. ©Wanda Benvenutti

To learn more about American Boricua Ray Cabatit, and the history the Philippines and Puerto Rico share, go to The Under My Skin blog:

http://beyondtalk2.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/future-is-now/

While American Boricua was in the heartland this past summer, a
member of the State of Nebraska Latino Commission graciously extended an
invitation to hear Dulce Matuz speak in Omaha. Her message is an
inspiring one.

Ms. Matuz is one of Time Magazine’s 2012 ‘World’s 100 Most
Influential People’ and the President of the Arizona DREAM Act
Coalition. This passionate and courageous woman, an electrical engineer,
also shared her story with the U.S. congress during efforts to pass the
DREAM Act in 2011.

This piece of legislation offers a path to U.S. citizenship for young
people under the age of 16 who were brought to the United States as
children. The DREAM Act was written specifically for young Latinos who
want to attend college or serve in a branch of the United States
military, yet lack access to federal scholarships because of their
immigration status.

Dulce is an American in the 21st Century.

To learn more about her story:

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/05/14/education.dulce/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61qfyZqmbGY