My mother was the most amazing person. She taught me to be kind to other women. She believed in family. She was with my father from the first day they met. All that I am, she taught me.

I have always been a learner because I knew nothing.

My father was a tomato farmer. There is the phrase that says he or she worked their fingers to the bone, well, that's my dad. And he was a very good man.

My mother was the most amazing person. She taught me to be kind to other women. She believed in family. She was with my father from the first day they met. All that I am, she taught me.

I couldn't adjust to the racism in Florida. It was so blatant... I had never been so described as Florida described me.

I"ve learned that I must find positive outlets for anger or it will destroy me.

I had learned something of Miami from people who had visited there, so I knew what to expect.