[On the desert:] The wind was a constant, and when you paid attention, it seemed like the earth's own breathing.

Pretending to be a princess is fun, but it is definitely not a career.

I got a label because I was Hispanic and a woman and [therefore] I had to be liberal.

I had many reasons for writing memoir but among them was the hope that every Latino child and adult would find something familiar in it.

In the wider context, what I believe I was - the point I was making was that our life experiences do permit us to see some facts and understand them more easily than others.

Although I grew up in very modest and challenging circumstances, I consider my life to be immeasurably rich.

Sometimes, idealistic people are put off the whole business of networking as something tainted by flattery and the pursuit of selfish advantage. But virtue in obscurity is rewarded only in Heaven. To succeed in this world you have to be known to people.