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're not a kid anymore and your experiences are separate. We are now much closer and communicate almost every day. It's a lot of work, but what holds us together is the hope that we will one day be together again.
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…
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…
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…
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.
I had dreams, but always told myself, 'Nah, that would never happen.' For a poor Latina, (acting) wasn't a reality. - Diane Guerrero
I had dreams, but always told myself, 'Nah, that would never happen.' For a poor Latina, (acting) wasn't a reality.
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