Born and raised Quote by Mercedes Schlapp

Part of me believes that Beyonce and Jay-Z were naive when they chose to celebrate their five-year wedding anniversary in Cuba. However, as the…

— Mercedes Schlapp

Being born in Cuba, a country where freedom of speech is non-existent, it's startling to observe how Venezuela, where I was happily raised, is…

— Maria Conchita Alonso

Both of my parents were born into poor families on the island of Cuba. They came to America because it was the only place…

— Marco Rubio

It's hard to explain to my parents what's going on. You can't compare Hollywood with Cuba. I didn't even know I could dream this.

— Ana de Armas

My mother told me many stories about her childhood in Cuba. Living there had a profound impact on her and how she regards herself.

— Rachel Kushner

I think there [on Cuba] is going to be an extraordinary reception.Cubans are - they want to hold onto their culture, their heritage, but…

— David Muir

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

— Perez Hilton

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

There is my life in Cuba and my life in America, the old life and the new life, and almost nothing about them is…

— Aroldis Chapman

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

— Eddy Alvarez

Cuba has long played an outsized role in the world's imagination.

— Ben Rhodes

Frankly, to be a poor child in Cuba may in many instances be better than being a poor child in Miami, and I’m not…

— Eleanor Clift