Pitaia

Hi everyone, I'm Jenny and this is hyphenated, the podcast about living in the hyphen, and today I have brought back my best friend, Carla Gerra Jimenez, who's been interviewed on the podcast before.

We discussed her being a Latina in the gaming industry.

Harla has returned because we need to talk about her multi-extra hyphenated identity.

So hyphenated.

You have so many different identities, especially being a Latina in the United States, and you specifically were not born in the United States.

No, I was not.

I would love to, you know, to hear your journey, you know, where you've come from, where you are now, and, like, how you identify, because I think a lot of people can relate to your story.

Yeah, sure. My life is

multi-hyphenated in many ways. So just to give a little bit of background on myself,

I'm going to try to make that sound not like a telenovela because my life is 100% like the most twisted, deranged telenovela like you've

ever heard of. Like, for real, if any telenovela writers out there need material, just interview

me. I guarantee you it is a treasure trove. But anyways, point being, I was actually, I was not born in the U.S.,

but I have lived here in the U.S. since I was like pretty much a baby. And I was originally

born in Honduras because my mother was Honduran. I do not know my birth father at all,

have no idea anything about him. So he's just not in the picture, hasn't ever been in

the picture. But when I was a few months old, my mom immigrated to the U.S. and she met my

stepdad. But for all intents and purposes, when I talk about my dad in this podcast, that's who I'm referring to is my stepdad.

So she met him when I was a few months old and they obviously met, fell in love, got married.

And yeah, my stepdad, you know, pretty much became the only dad that I've ever known.

So my dad himself is Colombian, the entire family. It, you know, pretty much became the only dad that I've ever known.

So my dad himself is Colombian.

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