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Ana Leyva

A Lesson from King Richard: Believe it for your Kids First

I finally watched King Richard! I’d been wanting to watch it for a while, and after Will Smith won the Oscar for Best Actor for his…

3 min readMar 31, 2022

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A Lesson from King Richard: Believe it for your Kids First

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Ana Leyva

Raising Bilingual Kids? Shift Away from a “Not Enough” Mentality

While at Stanford Graduate School of Education, I read countless articles about bilingualism. I read about how bilingualism enhances…

4 min readMar 24, 2022

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Raising Bilingual Kids? Shift Away from a “Not Enough” Mentality

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Ana Leyva

The Beautiful Challenge of Heritage Language Learning

“The only people encouraged to learn a second language in the U.S. are white monolinguals.” -unknown

5 min readMar 17, 2022

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The Beautiful Challenge of Heritage Language Learning

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Ana Leyva

Why Bilingualism and Shame Don’t Belong Together

“I only understand it, I don’t speak it.”

7 min readMar 10, 2022

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Why Bilingualism and Shame Don’t Belong Together

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Ana Leyva

The Best Gifts for Bilingual Kids

This is not your typical affiliate-link-laden gift post! Like many parents, I am convinced my kids don’t need more stuff. They definitely…

7 min readMar 3, 2022

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The Best Gifts for Bilingual Kids

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Ana Leyva

How My Family Uses Lelu Each Month

One of the questions I get asked most often is how I use Lelu with my own kids. For starters, I can honestly share that my kids love Lelu…

8 min readFeb 24, 2022

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How My Family Uses Lelu Each Month

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Ana Leyva

WONDER: Thoughts on the Spanish translations of the audiobook and movie.

The act of translating is a self-reflective and powerful exercise. It can be really fun and also very challenging. Translating is part of…

7 min readFeb 17, 2022

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WONDER: Thoughts on the Spanish translations of the audiobook and movie.

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Ana Leyva

Immigrants sacrifice so much to come to this country — heritage languages should be preserved.

Immigrants sacrifice a lot to come to this country — heritage languages shouldn’t be part of that sacrifice.

6 min readFeb 10, 2022

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Immigrants sacrifice so much to come to this country — heritage languages should be preserved.

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Ana Leyva

Where does the name “Lelu” come from and what does it mean?

A Love story about Reclaiming and maintaining our Bilingualism

6 min readFeb 4, 2022

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Where does the name “Lelu” come from and what does it mean?

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Ana Leyva

Reflections on Encanto

Encanto is all the rage right now. Everyone is talking about the music, creating an Encanto reel or TikTok, and even Peloton is offering…

7 min readJan 27, 2022

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Reflections on Encanto

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Ana Leyva

Ana Leyva

Founder and CEO of Lelu (www.lelu-usa.com). Writes about all things bilingualism. Mom of two, wife, first-gen grad of Princeton, Stanford GSB and GSE. @lelu_usa

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