Culture is not made to be one-dimensional. It has many components that construct it to be well rounded and non-static. Since childhood, I was instilled with the idea of pertaining to an array of groups—e.g., religion, ethnicity, gender, etc. All these aspects shaped and influenced my identity. In my case, growing up I was exposed to an upbringing that was unlike those around me. I grew up in a household in which religion, for the most part, drove our perceptions and behaviors. Many Hispanic cultures are deeply seated in Catholicism, my family was one that let religion define what was deemed acceptable or unacceptable. However, I’ve never questioned my faith because as I grew up I learned to understand it. However, not all my beliefs line up
