I broke down. I hid under the bed because I was afraid that somebody was going to come for me. I don’t know who that someone was but I was just so sc….

I had dreams, but always told myself, 'Nah, that would never happen.' For a poor Latina, (acting) wasn't a reality..

I spent a long time in the shadows. I always had this feeling that I was the only one going through stuff, because I kept it a secret. Once I decided….

We have a broken system, and we need politicians who are going to fix it. We need someone who's going to govern on behalf of everyone in this country….

I feel like there's this misconception that immigrants come here and just don't care about the system and paying taxes, and that's not true. My fathe….

My parents' deportation gave me so much strength to keep on moving forward, because any type of failure - whether in school or with jobs or rejection….

Since I went public with my story, I've never experienced such hate. I sometimes want to crawl under my blanket and hide forever and say, "No, that's….

After a while, you're growing up so quickly and you begin to not know your parents anymore. You're left with the memories you had as a kid, but you'r….

I feel like you can't really be truthful as an artist and empathize with the human experience, unless you know your truth and you're not living a lie….

No one checked to see if I had a place to live or food to eat, and at 14, I found myself basically on my own..

When there are deportations, you better believe there are families involved - there are parents being separated from their children. It doesn't refle….