Irina González, MSW Student

Therapist-in-Training, Former Journalist, Founder of Unmasking Therapy

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Tag: Cuban

Why I’m quitting my pro-immigration memoir (Moscow Chica) for now

Posted on June 19, 2018February 22, 2019 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter: Self-Care For Writers. Last year, one of my major writing goals was to write the book proposal for my pro-immigration memoir on being half-Russian, half-Cuban, and ALL American. The name of the book is Moscow Chica: How Growing Up in Russia and Cuba Made Me an American and I’ve been talking about writing…

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My “A Day Without Immigrants” Protest Is To Be Louder Than Ever

Posted on February 17, 2017June 11, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. April 6, 1994 will forever be burned into my memory. That is the day my Cuban father, Russian mother, little brother and myself landed in Miami International Airport to seek a better life in America, to find our own version of the American Dream. The thing…

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Essay 2: The Double Commie [#52essays2017]

Posted on January 13, 2017June 11, 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. I had this “friend” in middle and high school who used to love to make fun of my heritage. Year after year, the words “double commie” came out…

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Essay 1: The Day I Became an
American [#52essays2017]

Posted on January 6, 2017June 11, 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. My grandfather shook me awake suddenly. My eyes slowly opened, feeling groggy and tired from our overnight flight. It was five in the afternoon there, in the suburbs of Moscow,…

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How to make a Cuban Meaty Potato Stuffing [RECIPE]

Posted on November 21, 2016April 6, 2018 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. It’s just a few days before Thanksgiving! WOO HOO! Although Halloween is actually my favorite holiday and Christmas is a close second, there is something truly special about Thanksgiving for me. You see, my family has a really fun and sweet tradition where our meal always…

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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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