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