Author, TV personality and entrepreneur Carmen Rita 黄 will visit 十大网赌靠谱网址平台 on Sep. 21, 2023, to discuss her memoir, “你为什么不告诉我??”
宾州中央谷. — Family secrets and the lasting impact they can have on parents and children is at the heart of author and entrepreneur Carmen Rita 黄’s memoir, “你为什么不告诉我??” 黄 will share stories from her own life and answer questions about her book when she visits 十大网赌靠谱网址平台 (PSU-LV) at noon on Sept. 135房间21人. Her appearance is free and open to the public. 黄’s visit is part of campus programming around Hispanic Heritage Month.
黄, a former television personality, is the co-creator and host of CNBC’s “On the Money” and advice columnist for well-known women’s magazines such as Glamour, 拉蒂娜, 本质, 男性健康, 良好的家务管理. She also has written two previous books and is founder and CEO of Malecon Productions LLC, where she develops female-focused media and entertainment.
蒂芙尼Valdes-Madera, faculty affairs coordinator at the campus, read 黄's book and felt her story would resonate with PSU-LV’s students.
“I thought it would be something different for campus,” Valdes-Madera said.
黄 learned of some devastating truths about her family after her mother had passed away. Part of the memoir’s message is how to make peace with family members when confessions and heart-to-heart conversations are no longer possible.
“All of us can relate to family secrets on some level,” Valdes-Madera said. “Maybe they’re not as drastic as what Ms. 黄 has in her book, but I feel everyone can relate to something in their family. We don’t always have the opportunity to go back and talk to the person and ask questions or make peace — we can’t always talk to the people involved. So the book is about the journey of reconciling family secrets, along with cultural identity.”
Valdes-Madera said 黄’s appearance on campus and hearing about her personal experiences will allow students to perhaps see their own lives through a different lens.
“You don’t get to see many authors in real life, especially a 拉蒂娜,” she said. “黄 speaks about her struggle with being ‘whitewashed’ when her family moved from New York to the suburbs of New Hampshire. Her immigrant mother gives up a lot of their culture to blend in and be ‘cookie cutter.’ Carmen’s mother married her stepfather, 马蒂, who seemed to be the ideal of the white American dad. That sense of belonging is a big focus in the book, while navigating the multi-faceted aspects of her heritage, being Dominican and Chinese.”
A Q&A will follow 黄’s presentation. For more information, visit 黄的网站.
