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About this blog

Bicultural Mom™ was created out of a need to express my feelings about race, culture and my own interracial relationship.  As many know, our family and friends are often the most expressive about your personal choices, and likely won’t see your mixed relationship as off limits.

After struggling for years with both mine and my husband’s families, I felt that I needed my voice to be heard.  Bicultural Mom™ is the place where I am heard, it’s my online support group and my own creative space where I do some of my most important thinking about life.

Some days I’m getting deep into social politics and others I’m just having fun and sharing about the things that interest me.  Topics often include: motherhood, activism, politics, feminism, Mexican American culture, interracial relationships, biracial parenting, racism, diversity, multiculturalism, education, self-improvement and the occasional review or giveaway.

What is a ‘bicultural’ mom?

A bicultural mom is one who raises her family simultaneously within two dominant cultures…living on the edge and with one foot on each side of the border.  Bicultural moms juggle languages, cultures, in-laws, and wage battles against societal pressures to assimilate.  We’re strong, dynamic women, with multifaceted family lives and creative spirits!  :)

Who is Chantilly?

I’m a ‘bicultural’ mom who loves writing and analyzing social ‘norms’.  I blog honestly about racism, feminism and a variety of social issues that affect modern families.

I’m a white mom in an interracial relationship, raising a Latina daughter and I believe that everyone can and should talk about race thoughtfully and honestly.  I believe in empowering mixed and multicultural families and educating others about white privilege and the role that we play in systems of racism and discrimination that continue to segregate this nation.

Join me as I explore race through the lens of the modern family via topics like interracial relationships, multiracial parenting and more.  Read more about me by visiting the “mi vida” tag.

Blogging Cred

I currently publish a variety of websites for multicultural families including Bicultural Mom, Multicultural Familia, MFinds and a multicultural blog directory.

I am also the Managing Editor at New Latina and the official Graphic Designer for Niche Mommy, a blogging conference for multicultural women bloggers.

You can also find me blogging at ChantillyPatino.com, my personal resume site and blogging tips blog.

Learn more about all my publications here: www.chantillypatino.com/publications/

Connect with me online

You can connect with me via any of the social platforms in the top, right corner of this blog.  I’m on Facebook most of the time, but Twitter is quickly growing on me and I’m a newbie Google Plus-er (is that a word?) and YouTube vlogger.

You can sign up for updates from this blog by subscribing to my RSS feed for instant alerts or get a weekly summary in my Monday newsletter!

I look forward to chatting with you more and please feel free to connect with me in my Facebook groups as well.  You can find me in my Blogging Tips Forum on Facebook or in the Multicultural Familia Open Forum.

If you want to connect with me more directly, you can reach me at chantilly {at} biculturalmom {dot} com.

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