For a long time, I let my mother say what she wanted about me, and what was worse, for a long time I believed her.

People can say what they want, but historically, feminism in the Dominican Republic has been extremely strong.

She's applying her lipstick; I've always believed that the universe invented the color red solely for Latinas.

I know a number of people who - from the comments they make - are going to vote for [Donald] Trump when that curtain closes. But let's keep it real honest here: They are voting for a xenophobic, anti-Latino white supremacist - don't try to pretty it up. This is now the age when people want to be white supremacists, but they don't actually want to be known for it.

Love was a rare thing, easily confused with a million other things, and if anybody knew this to be true it was him.

I was really drawn to thinking about the women in my life. Thinking about my mother, who's a very powerful force on me. And I have these two very strong sisters who took up a lot of imaginary space in my life.

I never wanted to be away from the family. Intuitively, I knew how easily distances could harden and become permanent.