Digital Nomads

Born in Colombia, spent 28 years in Canada, I moved back to set up a base in Colombia at 34 with my husband and kid. Like you, I spent summers here with family.

It has been a learning experience. It hasn't been as easy I thought it would be. My family and I basically live parallel lives and occasionally meet up (and we live in the same city, pretty typical). Though I grew up in a Colombian household Spanish isn't my first language, it's English, so despite having advanced to fluent language skills the accent gives me away every time. I'm seen and treated as a foreigner or gringa every where, which I can sometimes use to my advantage. The city that I live in is also one of the the most classist, elitist cities I've ever experienced from a local population so that's been rattling, even though I'm also in their so-called "high society" it's absolutely mental though. I don't spent all day discussing who my interior designers are, I'm doing shit they don't relate to, like walking everywhere, building a company, going to the gym 5 days a week. Like, shit, some jardín moms are brutal dude. One flat out asked me why I have an accent 😂 I was like "¿en que idioma mamí? 🥴" it's just a elitism I've never experienced before and it's next level because I am integrating into the local scene as opposed to the nomad/immigrant scene.

Anyway, other than my personal struggles making good local friends here, LatAm is an unbelievable place to raise a family. We're so happy we're here!