Jaime Martinez-Tolentino

Before I  knew it, the sounds, smells and excitement of a special season were in the air. Christmas in "El Coquí"…

Chapter Two from "The Other Island " Mami doesn’t know that ten year old me has been noticing a permanent change…

Just then, José walked up to us, tugged at Grandma’s coattail and, as was to be expected, he let it be known that…

“Hey, Leopolda!” an elderly woman was yelling.  Grandmother stopped when she heard her name being called, and she…

Mulberry Street, in New York City’s “Little Italy” sector was about as far removed from the small town on a…