My name is Eliza and I am an American who lived in Santo Domingo for 8 years. I now travel frequently to Santo Domingo and write a blog called Amor y Sabor (amorysabor.com).
While I lived in Santo Domingo I ran my own creative services company, married a Dominican and had two children. My economic status ranged during my time there from upper middle class to much lower so I experienced life from both the perspective of a foreigner and one who 'aplatanada' (localized).
After my divorce from my Dominican husband, who had a second family the whole time, I continued to live and work in Santo Domingo and eventually met my current husband who is not Dominican at all, he is from India, but ironically we met in the same neighborhood of Santo Domingo: Gazcue.
I write my blog about my unusual family which combines the cultures of the United States, India and the Dominican Republic as well as the perspective these cultures have given me.