Cuba is only 90 miles from Florida, but for a long time, the distance between our two countries seemed a lot greater.
I am half Cuban American.
I'm certainly proud to be Cuban American, and it's a fantastic opportunity for anybody - regardless of their ethnicity or nationality. It does carry a measure or pride to know where you're from and to know what your roots are.
I am a bisexual Cuban-American woman, and I am so proud of it.
I was born in New York, but I'm of Cuban heritage. Maybe there's a little island in my blood.
The Elian events were shocking to Cubans because we were the fair-haired boys of the Cold War. The problem is, the Cold War ended.
I'm actually Cuban-born, born in 1956, the year Fidel Castro came into power, and my father moved my family to Miami a few years later when things were starting to look bad.
I'm Cuban, so I know for a fact that we are the largest minority group in this country.
Looking for a job, I was working with the Salvadoran American Foundation, a humanitarian aid group, and from there, I got an offer from the Cuban-American National Foundation.
My view of myself doesn't change. I know who I am. I'm Cuban American; both my parents are Cuban - one was a little browner than the other one. That's who I am. I feel sorry that it's taken so long for the film industry to figure it out and to catch up.
I worked for the Cuban American National Foundation for years.
I might be a Cuban American, but I'm also an Afro-Cuban American.
I'm Cuban. My parents are immigrants.
I really admire Ana Mendieta. She was a Cuban American artist who died the year I was born and whose work examines violence, feminism, and belonging. Her art is always brave and visually arresting and vibrates with meaning.
Maria Canals-Barrera is Cuban and from Miami and I'm part Cuban and from Miami, so needless to say she became a quick friend.
