I am the daughter of a New Yorker who was born to Lebanese immigrants amidst the great economic depression of the 1930s, immigrants who, thanks to their entrée into the United States, were able to build a solid foundation for themselves and their family before they finally settled in Colombia, where I was born and grew up. Colombia is one of the most beautiful and diverse countries in the world but rife with inequality and lack of social mobility.

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