This year more than ever, the celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month has brought with it a number of contradicting emotions for me. I am learning, in my own growth journey, that life is complicated, and that seemingly opposing facts can be true at the same time. For example, I simultaneously believe that I am free, and that nobody is free until everyone is free. I also can hold in my heart at once both the grief and sorrow of this moment in time, as well as the hope and joy