We had to leave many things behind in Cuba when we escaped Castro’s communist regime, so I don’t have many photos from my early life. That makes the few photos that I have even more precious. This photo is of my grandmother and me. She was an amazing woman! After my parents had to flee to avoid being put in jail, my grandparents watched my sister and me in Cuba, and then took us all around Central America and Mexico until we could enter the U.S. legally. After, she took care of us since my mom had to work to support our family. She was a rock in my world, and I miss her to this day.
