American Like Me

Thirty-one important personalities discuss their experiences of growing up between cultures in America. Award-winning actress and political activist America Ferrera has always felt completely American, yet her identity is closely tied to her parents' origin and culture in Honduras. At home, she spoke Spanish, had Saturday morning salsa dance parties in the kitchen, and ate tamales alongside apple pie for Christmas. In American Like Me, America asks thirty-one of her friends, classmates, and idols to give their perspectives on cross-cultural life. Actors, comedians, sportsmen, politicians, artists, and authors are some of the people we are familiar with. They are immigrants or descended from immigrants; moreover, they are indigenous peoples or those who grew up with strong personal ties to several cultures.