Romeo Gurule Research Paper

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My names Romeo Gurule I'm 19 years young and I come from a Hispanic background. I was born and raised in New Mexico. A little about my Hispanic culture that we still hold onto is we have a large family which is indeed normal for a Hispanic culture we are also a very close-knit family as for example me my grandparents and my 2 aunts all live in the same neighborhood. You also tend to see in Hispanic family's that its normal to see their kids living at home with the parents past 18. Also the grandfather or father of the Hispanic family is the head of the house hold and makes all the rules such as curfews and bedtimes there also typically the ones that choose or made suggestions on what should be made for dinner and usually what we ate is what

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