Puerto Rico is a place many Americans only dream of traveling to for a beautiful vacation. For one Peterson Airman, that tropical paradise was reality.
Senior Airman Andrew Rojas-Marquez, 21st Communications Squadron cybersecurity specialist, was born and raised in Puerto Rico and loved every second of it. His Hispanic heritage helped him to become a better son, husband and Airman.
Growing up in a commonwealth of the United States meant he had much of the same lifestyle that Americans know, but naturally with their own cultural spin. Puerto Ricans grow up learning both Spanish and English, celebrate American holidays as well as their own and listen to pop music…in Spanish.
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