“Luna y Cielo Play came about because I almost lost the Spanish language,” owner Vanessa Aguirre-Ávalos said.
Puente and her husband were both born to Mexican immigrants and raised in Chicago. They've always embraced their culture, but even more so now, with two little girls.
Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weekly"I grew up in a primarily Latino neighborhood and I think that really helped me and the person I’ve grown up to be," Puente said."It’s really rooted in me." "There are different playrooms in the city of Chicago. But that I know of, we are the only one representing Latino culture," Aguirre-Ávalos said."Our playroom can truly serve as a year-round reminder to our families and the children, to come here to play and be proud of who they are."
"We know that in past generations, people have been stigmatized towards speaking their heritage languages," Rivera said."When I was growing up in Texas, my parents didn’t want us to speak Spanish because of the racism they had experienced in Dallas," Aguirre-Ávalos said."I lost the language and so did my brother and we both thought to reclaim the language in differently areas of our life.
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