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When did I become that person who calls her car “my baby”?

Posted on April 18, 2017June 14, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. This time last year, I was finishing packing up my apartment in New York City after 12 happy years spent as a New Yorker. I left primarily because I needed a break from city life to recharge and figure out the next steps in my career…

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Essay 6: The Dream of a Convertible Car [#52essays2017]

Posted on February 10, 2017November 3, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

This essay is part of the #52essays2017 series focusing on my memoir, Moscow Chica: How Growing Up in Cuba and Russia Made Me an American. For more, please follow this publication and subscribe to my newsletter. When my family moved to America in 1994, everything seemed great. Until it wasn’t. About a year after we came here, my parents separated and divorced. And although…

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The truth behind why Millennials don’t care about owning cars or houses

Posted on September 9, 2016June 11, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. Earlier this year I wrote about Millennial wedding trends and a couple months ago I wrote about how asking a millennial to carry cash is absolutely terrible. Today I’m back writing about Millennials once more! This time it’s about why we Millennials don’t really want to buy…

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To car or not to car? When buying one is the question…

Posted on July 12, 2016June 11, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. To car or not to car? That is the question… Here’s the deal: I have been living in the state of Florida for almost three months now, and I have yet to purchase a vehicle for my transportation needs. And I am starting to seriously consider…

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Irina Gonzalez is a journalist, editor, and sober bisexual Latina mom with ADHD. She is the author of the Parenting in Hard Mode newsletter—for those of us who are raising social justice-minded families and getting real about mental health for parents navigating life on the difficult setting. She is also working on an upcoming book on impactful Latinx Americans with The Quarto Publishing Group.

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