I wish she'd said something different, but patriarchy is as prevalent around the world as racism and xenophobia are. We can't hide from it, not even here.

Our identities are as fluid as our personal experiences are diverse.

When we illuminate the road back to our ancestors, they have a way of reaching out, of manifesting themselves...sometimes even physically.

Being Latino means being from everywhere, and that is exactly what America is supposed to be about.

We aren’t encouraged to think for ourselves and ask questions. We are expected to accept what they teach us as infallible truths.

I guess it all depends on whom you ask and when you ask. Race, I've learned, is in the eye of the beholder.

A mother isn’t the person who births you; it’s the person who rears you and shows you love.