I was a first-generation college student as well as the first in our family to be born in America - my parents were born in Cuba - and we didn't yet know that families were supposed to leave pretty much… — Jennine Capó Crucet Copy Share Image
I really started considering myself a writer when I was about seven or eight years old. I wrote stories from my dreams and kept… — Jennine Capó Crucet Copy Share
I remember being so homesick and realizing that where I came from was not something that existed in the cultural imagination outside the city.… — Jennine Capó Crucet Copy Share
You leave home, and then when you come back, you have a kind of perspective that you didn't have before that in some way… — Jennine Capó Crucet Copy Share
I used to work for a non-profit organization where I worked as a mentor and a counselor to first-generation college student and they kept… — Jennine Capó Crucet Copy Share
My parents were more surprised that I wanted to go away for school than anything. They didn't really understand the benefits. — Jennine Capó Crucet Copy Share
I have not been to Cuba, though if you count the stories my grandma told me growing up, I've been there in my head… — Jennine Capó Crucet Copy Share
It seems disrespectful to my parents who left... to hear their story over and over again which always ends with... 'and I'll never go… — Jennine Capó Crucet Copy Share
I was a first-generation college student as well as the first in our family to be born in America - my parents were born… — Jennine Capó Crucet Copy Share
I've had lots of wonderful people help motivate me over the years to work hard and write. — Jennine Capó Crucet Copy Share
When I left for college, my mom really latched on to the dog; She started buying him little outfits and calling him our brother,… — Jennine Capó Crucet Copy Share
I was in Minnesota and Illinois when I wrote 'How to Leave Hialeah.' When I come to Miami, I'm happy. I don't need to… — Jennine Capó Crucet Copy Share
People really saw themselves in a big way in Elian Gonzalez's story. — Jennine Capó Crucet Copy Share
While my college had done an excellent job recruiting me, I had no road map for what I was supposed to do once I… — Jennine Capó Crucet Copy Share
