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 some other girl who had an opinion." My blood has boiled a few times, but I just have to come back to earth and say people are entitled to their own opinions and I'm entitled to share my story the way I want. And that's exactly what I'm doing.
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… - Diane Guerrero
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…
- Diane Guerrero
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… - Diane Guerrero
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…
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… - Diane Guerrero
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…
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… - Diane Guerrero
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…
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… - Diane Guerrero
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 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… - Diane Guerrero
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…
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… - Diane Guerrero
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…
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… - Diane Guerrero
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…
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. - Diane Guerrero
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.
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