If your child marches to a different beat, a different drummer, you might just have to go along with that music. Help them achieve what’s important to them.

I don't view prosecutors and attorneys as natural enemies. ... Though their roles are oppositional, the two simply have different roles to play in pursuit of the larger purpose, realizing the rule of law. ... This is not to deny that the will to win drives those efforts. ... Rather, it is simply to insist that ultimately, neither the accused nor society is served unless the integrity of the system is set above the expedient purposes of either side.

The truth is that since childhood I had cultivated an existential independence. It came from perceiving the adults around me as unreliable, and without it I felt I wouldn't have survived. I cared deeply for everyone in my family, but in the end I depended on myself.

Personal experiences affect the facts that judges choose to see.

People who live in difficult circumstances need to know that happy endings are possible. Page 1.

I've spent my whole life learning how to do things that were hard for me.

Without question, so many people, throughout my life, never think of Puerto Rico as part of the United States.