How to become fluent as a heritage speaker?

Both of my parents are from Colombia, but I grew up in the U.S. and after starting school I lost a lot of my Spanish. At the age of 22, I've been trying to reconnect with my culture and the language.

The problem is I can't afford a tutor so I'm mostly looking for ways to teach myself using free resources. Spanish is spoken at home every day which is a huge advantage already. I can hold a conversation fairly well but I find myself repeating the same vocabulary, expressing the same things, and sometimes switch to English when I can't think of how to continue. It's also frusturating when I'm able to understand everything perfectly but when I try to speak it feels like there's a wall in front of me.

It's like i'm not a beginner but I'm also not advanced either. Has anyone else been in a similar situation. What helped you become fluent again?

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