Why I Abandoned the American Dream and Followed My Puerto Rican Dream Instead

I came back home to show my native homeland the love it deserves

Melissa Alvarado Sierra
ZORA
Published in
9 min readFeb 19, 2020

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Illustration: Mya Pagán

WWhen I told people I was returning home to Puerto Rico, some thought I was making a big mistake. From friends to family, they had a hard time understanding why I would reject a life of apparent opportunity in the U.S. for life…

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Melissa Alvarado Sierra
ZORA
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Puerto Rican writer. Words in The New York Times, Catapult, Orion, Zora and others. MelissaAlvarado.com