Episode 23: The Impact of Dual Immersion

Gabriella Gómez Saxon, a proud Colombian-American and Wake Forest University student currently studying abroad in Spain, talks to us about growing up bilingual in North Carolina and attending a K-8 dual immersion school. She talks about how important it was for her to have Hispanic friends and role models from a young age, to maintain strong ties to the Hispanic community in Charlotte, and to never have her bilingualism or biculturalism questioned. Despite Gabriella’s skills and confidence, she still experiences the challenges of linguistic insecurity and not fitting neatly within labels.