1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:09,450 mm . Mhm . I am RP 3 00:00:09,450 --> 00:00:12,570 one Ana Dominguez Reese and I am 4 00:00:12,570 --> 00:00:14,403 stationed here at Naval District 5 00:00:14,403 --> 00:00:16,810 Washington and currently T A . D . At 6 00:00:16,810 --> 00:00:18,350 CNN headquarters . 7 00:00:18,740 --> 00:00:22,360 So I'm Mexican . 8 00:00:22,740 --> 00:00:25,150 I actually was born in Mexico in a 9 00:00:25,150 --> 00:00:28,850 small town morally in Guanajuato and I 10 00:00:28,860 --> 00:00:30,950 immigrated to America when I was a 11 00:00:30,950 --> 00:00:33,000 child with my family . You were 12 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:35,360 searching for the american dream . Mhm . 13 00:00:35,940 --> 00:00:39,580 What it means to me to serve as a 14 00:00:39,580 --> 00:00:41,580 hispanic and the military . It just 15 00:00:41,580 --> 00:00:44,710 makes me feel proud . I'm very proud of 16 00:00:44,710 --> 00:00:47,280 what I've accomplished and um just 17 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:49,730 accomplishing so much especially as a 18 00:00:49,740 --> 00:00:52,440 hispanic female . So I'm very proud of 19 00:00:52,450 --> 00:00:55,940 that my mother , she grew up 20 00:00:55,940 --> 00:00:59,570 more traditional , her roles in the 21 00:00:59,570 --> 00:01:01,710 Hispanic culture where more of a stay 22 00:01:01,710 --> 00:01:03,821 at home , be a mom , take care of the 23 00:01:03,821 --> 00:01:05,932 Children . So I kind of straight away 24 00:01:05,932 --> 00:01:08,160 from that and I moved on with my own 25 00:01:08,540 --> 00:01:11,830 being a little bit more independent and 26 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:15,240 joining the navy . A lot of the 27 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:17,610 times when people come to America they 28 00:01:17,620 --> 00:01:20,960 tend to kind of put the first language 29 00:01:21,340 --> 00:01:23,980 on the back burner . So I'm trying to 30 00:01:23,980 --> 00:01:26,680 keep keep that language alive , keep 31 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:29,070 spanish alive in my family and I'm 32 00:01:29,070 --> 00:01:30,959 teaching my daughter how to speak 33 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:33,210 spanish . So that's how I keep my 34 00:01:33,210 --> 00:01:35,050 tradition alive in my culture 35 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:39,850 Hispanic heritage month to me means the 36 00:01:39,850 --> 00:01:42,230 celebration of all spanish speaking 37 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:45,410 people and latin out there 38 00:01:45,420 --> 00:01:48,530 celebrating our culture or customs , 39 00:01:48,530 --> 00:01:51,550 different foods um different traditions 40 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:54,700 and just acknowledging it and embracing 41 00:01:54,700 --> 00:01:57,870 it to my Hispanic community . I would 42 00:01:57,870 --> 00:02:01,530 say um keep going . Don't lose track . 43 00:02:01,540 --> 00:02:04,270 Don't lose touch of your roots . Cook 44 00:02:04,270 --> 00:02:07,070 your foods cook the food that you grew 45 00:02:07,070 --> 00:02:09,750 up cooking , speak the language that 46 00:02:09,750 --> 00:02:12,160 you grew up speaking . You know , keep 47 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:14,216 it alive . Keep the heritage and the 48 00:02:14,216 --> 00:02:16,549 customs and traditions alive . For sure , 49 00:02:16,549 --> 00:02:18,650 that would be my , my take on it .