From September 15th through October 15th we celebrate the presence of the Latino Culture in the USA. As you read, you will notice how I use the term Latino and Hispanic interchangeably, keep reading and you will find out why. Although a month is not enough to acknowledge the contributions made by the Latinx community, coming from 34 different countries south of the border to the USA, it is a good start to highlight the richness and complexity of all the different cultures. What makes us Latinos? How about the countries in South America and the Caribbean whose official language is English, are they Latinos too? Does the term Latino-Hispanic exclude Jamaica, Belice, or Trinidad y Tobago because they speak English, a Germanic language? Or Guyana and Suriname because they speak Dutch? How about French Guinea in South America, being a French territory? All of these countries have a common geographical location and most of them share Romance Languages derived from Latin. Hence the term Lati