Telling Them I'm Moving in with My Boyfriend

Cris Ramos Greene is the author of Embrace That Girl, a memoir about figuring out adulthood and coming to terms with her Cuban-American identity. She talks to Juleyka about breaking the news to her traditional parents that she was moving in with her boyfriend. And, a marriage and family therapist shares strategies to assert your independence without drama. 

Featured Expert: 

Sara Stanizai (she/her) is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and the owner of Prospect Therapy, an LGBTQ+ affirming therapy practice based in Long Beach, CA. As a queer, first-gen American, one of Sara's clinical specialties is working with other first-generation, bicultural, and immigrant Americans around issues of identity, and reconciling their place within two or more cultures. Sara earned an MA in Clinical Psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology (Los Angeles Campus) and a BA, in Art History and Latin from Mount Holyoke College. learn more about her work through her private practice here.

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