A middle child, I was born in the depths of the Great Depression. My dad and mom were factory workers, struggling to make ends meet.

I went through depression, which is something that we don't often talk about when we look at undocumented communities and deported families.

My parents were both born in 1930. They grew up during the Depression. They wanted their children to have secure lives, to have a good salary and a pension plan. If I could've guaranteed that I'd be a best-selling writer, that would've been one thing, but nobody could say that. So I knew better than to say that was ambition.

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