My Mom, the 9-Year-Old Radical

She experienced the tumultuous ’60s with a blend of innocence and ‘stand up for what’s right’ conviction

Jada Gomez
Momentum
Published in
4 min readFeb 16, 2021

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Elementary class photo of the author’s mother, Cecelia Lacayo.
Photos courtesy of author

My mom is a natural storyteller. It only helps her storytelling that she grew up when American history was a living, breathing movie even Steven Spielberg couldn’t dream up.

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Jada Gomez
Momentum

Senior Platform Editor at Medium. Girl with the long last name from the Empire State. NYU Alum. Runner. Puppy Mommy. Smiler.