September 09, 2015 (vol. 124, iss. 122) • Page Image 14
…Wednesday, September 9, 2015 // The Statement 7B Personal Statement: My ever-evolving identity by Kathleen Davis, Senior Arts Editor A re you Hispanic/Latino? Select yes or no. My first words were not in English. The way my mom tells it, out of a bab- bling string of “goo-goos” and “ga-gas” came “gato,” a meaningless word in English, but the start of a bilingualism that came from growing up in a duel-cultured household. “Gato,” or ...…