Faithful to her roots Nazario believes in keeping her Hispanic roots alive, in being proud of what we are. Finally they have realized that we're about 50 million people. From a cultural point of view, she stresses how important it is for younger generations of Hispanic ancestry to feel connected by a common bond. There's a large number of young people of Spanish ancestry growing up away from the source of their cultural legacy. Some don't even speak the mother tongue.
Music is a cultural bridge that also links different generations.
It does not recognize boundaries. Music tends to unite us rather than divide us. Her role in the theater About four years ago, Ednita Nazario performed one of the leading roles in the Broadway musical The Capeman , produced by Paul Simon. Even though it was short-lived and generated controversy because of the subject matter, critics unanimously praised Nazario's performance. His sentence to die in the electric chair was commuted to life in prison by the late Gov. Nelson Rockefeller.