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Cristina Henriquez
American
Author
Me
Mom
People
School
Women
You
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My dad is from Panama; he came to the U.S. in 1971. He came to study chemical engineering at the University of Delaware. He thought he would go back, and then he met my mom here. I was born and mostly raised in Delaware.
Cristina Henriquez
Mom
Thought
Met
Engineering
Back
Would
Delaware
Born
He
Study
Mostly
Chemical
Came
Go
Then
Dad
Here
Raised
Panama
University
Certainly, I read a lot and follow the news. But as a writer, I am not interested in a political story. I am searching for the humanity of the characters. I never set out to write a book about an 'issue.'
Cristina Henriquez
News
Humanity
Book
Political
Out
Characters
Follow
About
Write
Writer
Never
Read
Am
Issue
Lot
Not Interested
Story
Interested
Certainly
Searching
Set
I used to say, read as much as you can. Now I say, read the best that you can, the stories that resonate with you, the books that are important to you. Try to read, not only as a reader, but also as a writer, to deconstruct how the author is telling his or her story.
Cristina Henriquez
Best
You
Try
Resonate
Important
Books
Say
Telling
Only
Writer
Also
Read
Reader
How
His
Author
Stories
Story
Much
Used
Now
Her
My mom is a translator for the school district in Delaware. She'd hear these different stories from working with families there. Those stories stuck with me.
Cristina Henriquez
Mom
Me
School
Those
District
Delaware
Stuck
She
Hear
Families
Different
Stories
Translator
Working
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