Dutch | Curacaoan
My Father is from the Netherlands and was born and raised in Amsterdam, the Jordaan the heart of Amsterdam. My Mother is from Curacao and was born in Willemstad. I think I was about 4 or 5 years old that I noticed that I grew up in 2 different cultures. Around that age, I was always asked if my Father was my real Father, because he was White. I really love my Caribbean food from my Mother’s family, also my cake addiction is from my Mother’s family. I love both salsa and dancing on Caribbean music as well as Dutch music such as André Hazes and Jonnie Jordaan, I was raised with this. I understand everything in my Mother's language Papiamento, but I cannot speak it. I learned to understand it from my Mother who would talk in Papiamento with her family, but my Mother never raised us in Papiamento. I do speak my Dutch, my Father's language. I have curly hair, if I want I can also style it straight. I find my hair quite easy because I can do actually anything with it. I see myself as a rich woman as I grew up in 2 different cultures. I have never felt different in both families because I am mixed and enjoyed all the memories until now. Both cultures have beautiful loving habits that I am very happy to be part of and to belong to. As I am mixed, I do not place anyone in a box because of his or her origin and I see everyone as an individual, based on their heart. I really love Latin American music, because I grew up with that. As soon as salsa is played somewhere I cannot stand still, and I always have to dance. I work in sport, I have never felt differently because of my skin colour. If I was born again, I would like to be born exactly the same as now. I have had a beautiful childhood with loving parents, who are now back together and are happier than ever. All the strokes I have experienced have made me the woman I am now. and I would never want to change the woman I am now to someone else.
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