No One Expected Me Here
Original title: Nadie me esperaba aquí
A reflection on what it means to make your way without inherited privilege.
In this incisive and intimate essay, Noelia Ramírez explores the emotional and political dimensions of class displacement. Drawing from personal experience, she examines what it means to enter cultural spaces without inherited capital—navigating between expectations of authenticity and pressure to conceal one’s background. No One Expected Me Here questions dominant narratives around identity, merit, and inclusion, offering a vital perspective from the margins now speaking from the centre.
A reflection on what it means to make your way without inherited privilege.
In this incisive and intimate essay, Noelia Ramírez explores the emotional and political dimensions of class displacement. Drawing from personal experience, she examines what it means to enter cultural spaces without inherited capital—navigating between expectations of authenticity and pressure to conceal one’s background. No One Expected Me Here questions dominant narratives around identity, merit, and inclusion, offering a vital perspective from the margins now speaking from the centre.