I am Hispanic and was adopted from migrant worker at 2 weeks old.

goingnutsmom
Tue, 02 Aug 2016 01:14:55 +0000

If we use the NHPR definition then the student needs to trace their biological roots to the Hispanic culture. It’s pretty specific about the countries that it includes.

If I understand this correctly the OP is the Hispanic adoptive father of his wife’s daughter whom he adopted when she was 10 years old. So the daughter has no Hispanic biological heritage. She is Anglo white. Yes, it’s great that she has embraced the Hispanic culture of her adoptive father but this doesn’t make her Hispanic.

Sorry, but I think that the reason she wants to check the box is for whatever boost it might give her application which to be honest I don’t think it’s that much of a boost anyway.

Yes, Hispanic is an ethnicity not a race. There might be a more interesting essay though in her story.

I’m pretty firm on this but it’s only my take on it.