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.

I hope in my book [My Beloved World], that the sense that I really feel connected comes through.

We educated, privileged lawyers have a professional and moral duty to represent the underrepresented in our society, to ensure that justice exists for all, both legal and economic justice.

You make your life choices understanding that you might and do have to work harder to prove yourself.

A surplus of effort could overcome a deficit of confidence.

The idea of a commonwealth relationship is alien to most people but I think that's true generally.

The challenges I have faced - among them material poverty, chronic illness, and being raised by a single mother - are not uncommon, but neither have they kept me from uncommon achievements.