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> [Not only did we survive AIDS, Reaganomics, poverty, racism, gang violence, police brutality, substance abuse - not only did we survive that, we created something endured. And whatever you might think of commercial hip hop now, there's a lot there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sofia-quintero/not-only-did-we-survive-aids-reaganomics-poverty-racism-gang-violence/)

[Sofia Quintero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sofia-quintero/)

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## More by Sofia Quintero

> [Sure, kids want to read whatever is the hot book, and of course they want to read fantasy and any kind of speculative fiction,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sofia-quintero/sure-kids-want-to-read-whatever-is-the-hot-book-and-of-course-they/)

[Sofia Quintero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sofia-quintero/)

> [When I say myself, I don't mean just as a woman of color, as a girl who's growing up in the Bronx, as people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sofia-quintero/when-i-say-myself-i-don-t-mean-just-as-a-woman-of-color-as-a-girl-who/)

[Sofia Quintero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sofia-quintero/)

> [A lot of times, people say that people read to escape. But I think if you come from any community that is underrepresented, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sofia-quintero/a-lot-of-times-people-say-that-people-read-to-escape-but-i-think-if/)

[Sofia Quintero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sofia-quintero/)

> [There's just something about being a young, working class, working poor, person of color in New York City in the 80's that needs to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sofia-quintero/there-s-just-something-about-being-a-young-working-class-working-poor/)

[Sofia Quintero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sofia-quintero/)

> [Not only did we survive AIDS, Reaganomics, poverty, racism, gang violence, police brutality, substance abuse - not only did we survive that, we created…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sofia-quintero/not-only-did-we-survive-aids-reaganomics-poverty-racism-gang-violence/)

[Sofia Quintero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sofia-quintero/)

> [We work with tweens. Middle school grades. That's a key time in a young person's literary history. That's the time when they're still open…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sofia-quintero/we-work-with-tweens-middle-school-grades-that-s-a-key-time-in-a-young/)

[Sofia Quintero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sofia-quintero/)

> [The one thing that always sticks out to me was how reading to young people - even if they're not that young, even if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sofia-quintero/the-one-thing-that-always-sticks-out-to-me-was-how-reading-to-young/)

[Sofia Quintero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sofia-quintero/)

> [I particularly love where I work because I was born, raised, and still live in the Bronx. I work in a Bronx location, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sofia-quintero/i-particularly-love-where-i-work-because-i-was-born-raised-and-still/)

[Sofia Quintero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sofia-quintero/)

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