Introduction

It's a pleasure to meet you; my name is Johanna and I like dogs and cheeseburgers.  I was born in San Salvador, El Salvador in 1984; I know this because I have documents to prove it, but I don't remember anything about the country.  I was adopted in 1986; I am a citizen of the United States. My first memory is if the stark whiteness and bright light of the bathroom in the airport where I was picked up on my adoption day.  I moved around a bit because my mother works for the government. People ask where I'm from, and I know they are nine times out of ten trying to ask politely what my ethnicity is; I tell them, Virginia and they say, "No, where are you FROM?" I find this amusing for some reason. 

Below is a photo of my mother and me the day I became a citizen of the U.S.A.