“I think I’ve always been a bit of a teacher. I was the oldest of five siblings so I became the second mummy in command, making up stories and reading to the youngsters,” reflected Natalie Jones.
Natalie was born in Birmingham and lived there until she was nine years old. Her family then moved to Pwllheli in Wales and she had to navigate a new life with a new language.
She continued: “My mum’s Jamaican and when we moved to Wales, she said, ‘Well you are in Wales now so you are going to learn Welsh’.
It wasn’t an option not to. "All my siblings still speak Welsh. One of my sisters moved back to Birmingham so she speaks a little, but the rest of us are fluent.” Natalie is very passionate about embracing both her cultures, as she encourages her own children to celebrate being Welsh and Jamaican.
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