Home is where the heart is: how sharing Colombian culture helped Karla Florez Albor start a new life in New York
Written by Tatiana Spiegel In New York City, the weekend of July 20 is filled with performances, parades, and street food celebrating the spirit of Colombian culture worldwide. To mark Colombian Independence Day, people dance to the Latin sounds of Cumbia, and are hypnotized by the smells of melting cheese on arepas and sizzling chorizo on the grill. Like many Colombian immigrants, Karla Florez Albor joins every year the Colombian Day Parade in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of Queens....