PR.com (Allison Kugel): So, you were born in Alabama?

Mayte Garcia: I was born in Alabama but we literally lived there for like, two months. My dad was in flight school in the army, so I lived kind of, everywhere. The place I lived for the most was North Carolina, and there was a very small Latino population. My parents made sure that I had the Latino [culture]. My mom was a Spanish teacher. I definitely felt disconnected from it, but we had [Latino] friends who we would spend the weekend with, but they didn't go to the same school as us. But I don't remember a lot of Latinos being in North Carolina. We would go to Puerto Rico for three months during the summer and stay with my grandparents.

PR.com: Did you ever live in New York at all?

Mayte Garcia: I lived in New York about four years ago, and that was fun.

PR.com: That's the heaviest Puerto Rican population in the states…

Mayte Garcia: I know! It's a whole 'nother state.

PR.com: That's where I grew up. I had Puerto Rican friends and I went to the Puerto Rican Day Parade in June, years ago.

Mayte Garcia: Fun.

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