Her Family Built the Panama Canal. Now Her Daughter Tells Her to Speak Regular.

She was born in the United States. Her parents are Panamanian. She goes back every year. She cooks the food, plays the music, and speaks the language in her house. She has done everything right. And then her four-year-old told her to speak regular.Her family came to Panama to build the canal. They planted there and never left. Jessica Fisher Golden has never once doubted that she is Panamanian.In this conversation she and host Tami Dee Garcia talk about what it means to hold your culture when the world around your children does not see it, the Afro-Latina identity that American culture still does not know what to do with, and a dying Caribbean lineage inside a Panama that most people have never heard of.New episodes every Tuesday. Host Tami Dee Garcia is a Heritage Reconnection Coach and Amazon bestselling author of Rediscovering Your Roots. Learn more at tamigarcia.com.