Maritere is an award winning book author, bilingual and bicultural parenting expert. Her parenting column for La Opinión, the largest Spanish language newspaper in the country, was published weekly for twelve years. A digital influencer since the fall of 2014, she is a contributor to Connect Her Media and HipLatina.com, a guest writer for Huffington Post, and has been featured in Ser Padres, Latina Style, and El Nuevo Día, among others. She blogs at www.maritererodriguezbellas and appears regularly on Spanish language media (Univision and Telemundo). Maritere is the author of Raising Bilingual Children/Cómo Criar Niños Bilinguesand Arroz con Pollo and Apple Pie: Raising Bicultural Children. She raised two children with two languages and three cultures. Maritere and her Greek-American husband live in Southern California.
“I’m Greek-American, where are you from?” he said. “I was born and raised in Puerto Rico,” I answered. “I guess we are both American,” he added. And so it began, our multicultural life over thirty years ago. Two children, two languages, and three cultures. Finding a balance between all three was sometimes a challenge, but …