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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennine-cap-crucet/i-was-a-first-generation-college-student-as-well-as-the-first-in-our/)

[Jennine Capó Crucet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennine-cap-crucet/)

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## More by Jennine Capó Crucet

> [I really started considering myself a writer when I was about seven or eight years old. I wrote stories from my dreams and kept…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennine-cap-crucet/i-really-started-considering-myself-a-writer-when-i-was-about-seven/)

[Jennine Capó Crucet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennine-cap-crucet/)

> [My husband is a huge source of support and love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennine-cap-crucet/my-husband-is-a-huge-source-of-support-and-love/)

[Jennine Capó Crucet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennine-cap-crucet/)

> [I remember being so homesick and realizing that where I came from was not something that existed in the cultural imagination outside the city.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennine-cap-crucet/i-remember-being-so-homesick-and-realizing-that-where-i-came-from-was/)

[Jennine Capó Crucet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennine-cap-crucet/)

> ['Some day,' I said, 'I will be an author.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennine-cap-crucet/some-day-i-said-i-will-be-an-author/)

[Jennine Capó Crucet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennine-cap-crucet/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennine-cap-crucet/you-leave-home-and-then-when-you-come-back-you-have-a-kind-of/)

[Jennine Capó Crucet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennine-cap-crucet/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennine-cap-crucet/i-used-to-work-for-a-non-profit-organization-where-i-worked-as-a/)

[Jennine Capó Crucet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennine-cap-crucet/)

> [My parents were more surprised that I wanted to go away for school than anything. They didn't really understand the benefits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennine-cap-crucet/my-parents-were-more-surprised-that-i-wanted-to-go-away-for-school/)

[Jennine Capó Crucet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennine-cap-crucet/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennine-cap-crucet/i-have-not-been-to-cuba-though-if-you-count-the-stories-my-grandma/)

[Jennine Capó Crucet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennine-cap-crucet/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennine-cap-crucet/it-seems-disrespectful-to-my-parents-who-left-to-hear-their-story/)

[Jennine Capó Crucet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennine-cap-crucet/)

> [I was a first-generation college student as well as the first in our family to be born in America - my parents were born…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennine-cap-crucet/i-was-a-first-generation-college-student-as-well-as-the-first-in-our/)

[Jennine Capó Crucet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennine-cap-crucet/)

> [I've had lots of wonderful people help motivate me over the years to work hard and write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennine-cap-crucet/i-ve-had-lots-of-wonderful-people-help-motivate-me-over-the-years-to/)

[Jennine Capó Crucet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennine-cap-crucet/)

> [When I left for college, my mom really latched on to the dog; She started buying him little outfits and calling him our brother,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennine-cap-crucet/when-i-left-for-college-my-mom-really-latched-on-to-the-dog-she/)

[Jennine Capó Crucet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennine-cap-crucet/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennine-cap-crucet/i-was-in-minnesota-and-illinois-when-i-wrote-how-to-leave-hialeah/)

[Jennine Capó Crucet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennine-cap-crucet/)

> [People really saw themselves in a big way in Elian Gonzalez's story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennine-cap-crucet/people-really-saw-themselves-in-a-big-way-in-elian-gonzalez-s-story/)

[Jennine Capó Crucet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennine-cap-crucet/)

> [While my college had done an excellent job recruiting me, I had no road map for what I was supposed to do once I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennine-cap-crucet/while-my-college-had-done-an-excellent-job-recruiting-me-i-had-no/)

[Jennine Capó Crucet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennine-cap-crucet/)

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