"Hola, ¿Cómo estás?" I heard an unfamiliar voice say.
My sister, Ana Daniela, responded to the voice, "Estoy bien. ¿Y usted?" When the word usted is used in a sentence to a person in Spanish, it means an adult is being spoken to. Ana was clearly speaking to someone of such respect, maybe, President Mauricio Macri of Argentina. Wait, how could President Macri be in a Puerto Rican restaurant in rural North Carolina, I thought. The accented Spanish didn't sound like one of someone from Argentina, such as my friend Sofía Mercedes Castelo Valencia, who was born in Argentina. It sounded like maybe Alejandro García Padilla, the governor of Puerto Rico, whose voice is low-pitched and like mine when I lose my voice.
I looked outside the kitchen and into the dining area and saw it was clearly who I thought it was, or were. Governor García Padilla and the First Lady Wilma Pastrana were carrying out an entire conversation about life off the island.
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Ellie, Puertorriqueña, and brown-eyed.
Historical Fiction14-year old Ellie García Valenzuela is about to mark her quinceañera in November. With her mother, Ana Ximena, and aunt, Katie, Ellie realizes that she has more to think about than just a party. Emilia Demissew, author of Katie Corona and Brooklyn M...
