Ep. 1 Of Documenting My Journey In the Bronx Puerto Rican Cultural Pageant 👸🏽🇵🇷🤴🏽🪘🏆 @thebxpuertoricanparade I began this series on TikTok but felt compelled to share my vulnerability transformed into strength, with my community on here as well with intentions to educate, empower, and resonate. This video was initially well over 10 minutes but a snippet into who I am. In each individual video in this series, I will be documenting my timeline as a contestant - but sharing my growth as an individual as well - expanding my knowledge further on my ancestry, and culture through this commitment and responsibility I am taking on proudly. As I represent my late grandmothers hometown, Guanica - I will showcase everything I learn about her pueblo that allows me learn more about myself in the same process. I will open up in this series on how my dedication to this cultural pageant is simultaneously healing my inner child as I understand who I am and where I’m truly from, on a beautiful,...