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No More Translations
My name is Alejandra, but my friends back home call me Nash. This nickname is short for Nadxieelii, my Zapotec name. I moved to the U.S. six years ago and thought that my indigenous name would be too hard for people to pronounce. I started introducing myself as Alejandra, “like Alexandra but with a J.”
Nadxieelii means I love you. Thinking and communicating in two languages is no longer a weakness, but instead, an act of self-love.
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