I feel like you can't really be truthful as an artist and empathize with the human experience, unless you know your truth and you're not living a lie. So I'm learning through it, and it's making me a better person,… — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
I so desperately wanted to fit in. There was a trajectory, and obviously, our society tells us that you go to high school, you… — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
I am here, a citizen of this country, and I'm saying, 'Hey, the system failed me. I am a good citizen. I contribute to… — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
I worked a variety of jobs in retail and at coffee shops all through high school. And, though I was surrounded by people who… — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
I've experienced colorism in that way: where if you're lighter, then you'll potentially be accepted into society better than if you were darker-skinned. — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
Once I started advancing in my career, I stopped wanting to hide from my reality. — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
Every day, children who are U.S. citizens are separated from their families as a result of immigration policies that need fixing. — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
I think despite what we've seen on TV, people like seeing women and knowing about women's stories and their struggles and their truth. I… — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
People like seeing people being human and real, and I think that's been lacking on TV. — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
I feel like you can't really be truthful as an artist and empathize with the human experience, unless you know your truth and you're… — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
While awaiting deportation proceedings, my parents remained in detention near Boston, so I could visit them. They would have liked to fight deportation, but… — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
