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ByShare this story“I get on Zoom for an early call to meet some clients in Massachusetts and say, ‘How about a cup of joe?’ The guy’s eyes popped out of his head,” says Fernando Figueroa, a 42-year-old programmer in the city of Monterrey, in northeastern Mexico, holding his hands to his face as a measure of his client’s eyes. “They didn’t expect a Mexican to speak like that.”That’s because Figueroa is more American than Mexican, in some senses. “I don’t feel Mexican,” he says. “But I know I’m not American because I don’t have that piece of paper.” Born in Mexico City, he moved to Michigan...…ByShare this story“I get on Zoom for an early call to meet some clients in Massachusetts and say, ‘How about a cup of joe?’ The guy’s eyes popped out of his head,” says Fernando Figueroa, a 42-year-old programmer in the city of Monterrey, in northeastern Mexico, holding his hands to his face as a measure of his client’s eyes. “They didn’t expect a Mexican to speak like that.”That’s because Figueroa is more American than Mexican, in some senses. “I don’t feel Mexican,” he says. “But I know I’m not American because I don’t have that piece of paper.” Born in Mexico City, he moved to Michigan...WW…
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