我開始在歷史上排擠像我這樣背景之少數族裔的空間中佔有一席之位，但它卻變成一個我無法自由表達自己的空間，因為我不得不改變我的穿著和說話方式，且有很長一段時間我不使用西班牙語，導致有時我甚至很難與家人溝通時找到並用對詞彙。

I learned to put the audience first by thinking about what they wanted or needed to read about, not what I wanted to write.

Nothing could give me a satisfying, one-word answer to the “what are you” question.

That’s because being a bridge student is nothing to be ashamed of; if there is shame, it lies only with the institution itself.

The inalienable fact of life being Black, as well as being an immigrant is building a home out of the unfamiliar.

I drifted away from Kiskeya and with it, part of myself.

So I give up. I would turn off the lights, bury myself under layers of blankets, and soak my pillow with tears till I fall asleep.