Be Open to Learning with Andrea (Ecuador) (English)

Welcome to episode 27 of The American Dream in The Eyes of Immigrants podcast! I am your host Heidy De La Cruz, and today’s guest is Andrea Rotondo from Liquid Cents Bookkeeping. Andrea was 16 when her parents decided to move from Ecuador to the United States. Her dad got a great opportunity to take over a business in the US, and her mom always wanted to live here, so it was the perfect time for them; however, Andrea wanted to finish high school with her lifelong friends. We talked about her experience in adapting to school here in the United States and how the diversity of South Florida was her biggest culture shock because there weren’t people from Ecuador in her community. Andrea also shares how she became undocumented during the process of her sister petitioning her family (her parents and her). To this day, there is no explanation of what happened, but during this period when she was undocumented, she felt like she needed to be invisible so she wouldn’t get deported. Luckily, per paperwork was able to get fixed, but it affected various aspects of her life, like attending college, not being able to drive, etc. We finish the episode talking about her business, Liquid Cents Bookkeeping, what she does, who she helps, and how you can connect with her. Thank you so much for your support; I hope you enjoy this episode and learned something new. With Love, Heidy Connect with Andrea https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrearotondo1/ Here are a few ways you can support this podcast. 1. Sharing this episode with a friend. 2. Subscribe on Spotify or Apple podcast.   3. Writing a review. 4. Signing up for the ⁠⁠⁠⁠newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠. 5. Donating money. If you’d like to advertise your business or sponsor an episode, please send me an email at ⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠ Connected with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Heidy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you or someone you know would like to share their immigration story, please send me a message on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠. Stay up to date with new episode information sent to your email - sign up for the podcast newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.