Buenos tardes me llamo Michell, ¿ y tu ? ¿ Como esta ? ¿ De dónde eres ? Is Spanish your first language ? What ethnicity are your parents ? what are some of your favorite foods that your nationality eats ? Do you have lots of family gatherings ? last but not least do you cook and if so what do you cook ?

Interviewee’s name: lissette Cartagena Michell: Buenos Tardes, me llamo Michell, ¿ y tu ? lissette: Buenos tardes me llamo lissette. Michell: ¿ Como esta ? lissette: muy bein Michell: ¿ De dónde eres ? lissette: soy de estados unidos Michell: Is Spanish your first language ? Lissette: actually, believe it or not Spanish is not my first language I'm learning It now. Michell: What ethnicity are you parents ? lissette: my mother is Puerto Rican and my daddy is Puerto Rican Michell: What are some of your favorite foods that your nationality eats ? lissette: umm, rice and beans, empanadas, and mofongo. Michell: do you have lots of family gatherings ? lissette: yes we do and when we do theres a lot of food. Michell: last but not least do you cook and if so what do you cook ? lissette: I cook rice and beans and that’s it ( :

- I learned that you don’t always have to be spanish and know spanish As your first language. -I learned that not all spanish people are born where they are from. - and last but not least I learned that spanish people have lots of family Gatherings and love to party.

Hispanic population % - Alabama % - Tennessee % - Kentucky % - Arkansas % - North Carolina % - Maryland % - Mississippi % - South Dakota +96.4% - Delaware +96.1% - Georgia +91.7% - Virginia +85.2% - Oklahoma +83.7% - Iowa +82.6% - Pennsylvania +81.9% - Nevada +81.7% - Indiana +79.2% - Missouri +78.7% - Louisiana +77.8% - Utah +77.3% - Nebraska +74.5% - Minnesota +74.2% - Wisconsin +73.0% - Idaho +73.0% - North Dakota +71.2% - Washington +67.3% - Vermont +63.5% - Oregon +63.4% - Ohio +78.7% - Louisiana +77.8% - Utah +77.3% - Nebraska +74.5% - Minnesota +74.2% - Wisconsin +73.0% - Idaho +73.0% - North Dakota +71.2% - Washington +67.3% - Vermont +63.5% - Oregon +63.4% - Ohio +59.4% - Kansas +58.6% - Wyoming +58.0% - Montana +57.4% - Florida +51.8% - Alaska +49.6% - Connecticut +46.3% - Arizona +41.8% - Texas +41.2% - Colorado +39.2% - New Jersey +37.8% - Hawaii +32.5% - Illinois +27.8% - California +24.6% - New Mexico

-First block : 0.4% - Second block : 0.3% - Third block :0.25% - fourth block : 0.2%