Based on the phrase "Spanish is in my flesh,"

what role does the speaker play in this poem?

Answer: the speaker shows how language is a physical part of a persons cultural heritage

The speaker plays the role an advocate of her identity.

Explanation:

In the poem "Child of America", the poet, Aurora Levins Morales, establishes her cultural identity and advocates that she is a proud child of the Americas. By the line "Spanish is in my flesh", the poet means that she has Spanish hereditary in her blood. She says this to advocate that each of us are a mixture of different cultures. Therefore, she calls on the need for assimilation and integration of different cultures in the country.