Yvette

            A trivial question to begin a conversation is "What is your name?". She is Yvette , a thirty three years old Porto Rican woman, was born in United States. Yvette is majoring sociology and works in the hotel business - reservation. Yvette is not married and has two children. As a Porto Rican who was born in United States tradition can be somehow a problem for her.
             As per Yvette, being in United States detaches you from your tradition and makes them with no effects on your life even if considered good in some parts. Yvette goes visiting Porto Rica sometime twice a year and she's doing that long time ago. Going there enjoys her even though she confronts problems with the people there looking at her as different, as being Americanized: being from New York, speaking English, being "Bad" and eating differently.
             In an opposite way, if the language is considered as part of tradition, Yvette feels more comfortable speaking Spanish. For Yvette tradition did not dictate her but, in a way, is part of what she is. Yvette loves to listen to Spanish music, she writes poetry and she likes to eat Spanish food even more she still consider English as a second language. Yvette also feels, for the reason of being far away, that she is embraced to what she uses to be.
             Generally, Yvette is happy in her life, as she said. Yvette loves her man, she loves her children and she likes her job. Talking to her was a wonderful experience. Finally I would say that being happy in life is what everybody look toward but not have. Who are not, try to search for answers; they blame sometime their tradition or culture form limiting them or even the reason not having money or not being rich. Yvette manipulated the whole subject by showing me that being happy, disregarding any circumstances, has to do with you and only you.