Choices Quote by Carolyn Aronson

I grew up around so many different people in so many different neighborhoods, but the Latino heritage, the neighborhoods, and people have always been…

— Roy Choi

When I was growing up, I lived in a neighborhood that was largely Latino and I thought I was Latino!

— Meagan Good

I grew up in the Mission District in San Francisco, which was largely Hispanic at the time. I was raised in a household that…

— Kimberly Guilfoyle

I saw my parents come over. They were immigrants, they had no money. My dad wore the same pair of shoes, I had some…

— Amy Chua

My parents immigrated to California from Mexico in the 1960s in search of a better life. They arrived from different regions of Mexico with…

— Alex Padilla

My parents raised my brother and me with two cultures, American and Spanish, and I feel a true sense of belonging to both.

— Hilaria Baldwin

I struggled with being a Latino growing up in Los Angeles. I felt very American. I still do. I went to 35 bar mitzvahs…

— America Ferrera

I never really belonged anywhere. I wasn't white. I was shunned by the Latin community for not being Latin enough. My grandfather was the…

— Jessica Alba

As a kid I had all kinds of questions about how I fit it with my neighborhood and friends and other Latinos.

— Oscar Hijuelos

Sometimes when you're relegated to your neighborhood, you forget that there's more important things than your neighborhood going on out in the world. And…

— Ice Cube

I think my Latino culture has equipped me with a different point of view than the rest of my counterparts, and seeing things from…

— Nina Garcia

I would say the hardest part in the Latino world is approval from your parents. It's such an intense thing.

— Manny MUA