Intro

Peace. My name is Esteban and I am many things: I am a full-time Sociology and Latin American Studies student at UBC (with a focus on immigration) starting my third year. I am a father and husband (Boy, 5 years old). I am Colombian by birth and Canadian by 'naturalization'. I am obsessed with music and books.

I am in LAST 301 because all things Latin American fascinate me. I moved out of Colombia at 15 and remain fascinated/amazed/ with the politics, culture, history and peoples of what we call "Latin America". Also as I mentioned, I am going for a Latin American Studies minor.

I grew up in a time when car bombs where the norm. This trend was then replaced by a kidnapping boom. Around that time, during the economic disaster that was the second half of the 90's in Colombia,
my family scattered to any country possible. Since '99 my family has been split up a hundred ways.

I've ended up in Vancouver. It is the 4 or 5 city I have lived in and the smallest one by far,
but I do love it so.

My boat gets rocked by discussions about ethnicity, class, gender, politics, oppression, justice, war, immigration, social movements, rap, hip hop, hard core punk, salsa, jazz, Latino popular culture, the Canucks, and anything Basketball.


PS: I am new to blogging...

Peace.