De Lo Mio Nike Sneakers by César Pérez said it best:
FROM THE WASHINGTON HEIGHTS AND GRAND CONCOURSE TO CORONA AND THE SOUTHSIDE OF WILLIAMSBURG. WE CAME TO NUEVA YORK IN SEARCH OF THE AMERICAN DREAM AND DISCOVERED MUCH MORE THAN THAT, WE FOUND HOME.
WE BROUGHT OUR CULTURE HERE. THE DEMBOW AND THE MERENGUE BLARING OUT THE SPEAKERS, THE NOISE ON THE BLOCK. THE AROMA OF CAFÉ AND FRITURA. WE MADE UPTOWN OUR MINI DR.
THE COMMUNITY GATHERING IN FRONT OF THE BODEGAS AND CHIMI TRUCKS, THE FRIO-FRIOS. PEOPLE PLAYING DOMINOS BECAUSE IT'S MORE THAN A GAME FOR US--IT'S A RITE OF PASSAGE, AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE CULTURE THAT TRANSCENDS AGE AND CLASS, A WAY OF LIFE.
WE CAME HERE WANTING TO BE THE ONE. WE WANTED TO REPRESENT. WE WANTED TO STAND OUT. WE WORKED HARD TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES SO MORE OF OUR PEOPLE COULD GET THEIR TURN TO FULFILL THEIR DREAMS.
WE ARE PROUD, OF OUR PEOPLE. OF OUR ISLAND, OF OUR CULTURE. SOMOS DOMINICANOS.
-- DE LO MIO