Born Quote by Dominik Garcia-Lorido

My parents brought my sister and me to the United States to escape the communist takeover of Cuba. They sought to build their life…

— Alejandro Mayorkas

My grandparents and my parents came over from Cuba with nothing to their name just for a chance of freedom and opportunity.

— Eddy Alvarez

My parents fled from a Cuban dictatorship in search of freedom. Growing up, I saw my parents struggle... I am here today because of…

— Alexander Acosta

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

It was always a goal of mine to go back to Cuba, where my paternal lineage comes from.

— Frank Mir

My story is the American dream that my parents fled Cuba for.

— Perez Hilton

My dad was born in Cuba and my mother's family is Puerto Rican. But my parents are both extremely proud to be American citizens,…

— Nolan Arenado

My mother made the courageous decision to flee a tyrannized Cuba in the 1950s and bring her children to the United States, where I…

— Bob Menendez

I'm Cuban. My parents are immigrants.

— Guillermo Diaz

My grandparents and my mom came from Cuba back in the '60s because they were fleeing from communism and Castro. I wouldn't be here…

— Lauren Jauregui

I was born in Cuba, and my parents were tropical agronomists.

— Italo Calvino

Both my parents came into the United States from Mexico.

— Cain Velasquez