Carmen Rita Wong

I remember one day my mother bringing us to a man's apartment. He was a white man. He had a mustache and this big 70s kind of curly hair and glasses and smoked a pipe and, you know, seemed very educated. The two of us were thinking at the same time, something's happening. What is happening?

I remember one day my mother bringing us to a man's apartment. He was a white man. He had a mustache and this big 70s kind of curly hair and glasses and smoked a pipe and, you know, seemed very educated. The two of us were thinking at the same time, something's happening. What is happening?

I remember the first time this man, I call him Marty, in the morning woke up and made us breakfast, which we'd never seen a man in a kitchen before. Woke up and made us eggs, soggy eggs, and then offered ketchup with the egg. And my brother was horrified and refused to eat anything. And I remember just looking at this guy and looking at the way my mother looked at him.

I remember the first time this man, I call him Marty, in the morning woke up and made us breakfast, which we'd never seen a man in a kitchen before. Woke up and made us eggs, soggy eggs, and then offered ketchup with the egg. And my brother was horrified and refused to eat anything. And I remember just looking at this guy and looking at the way my mother looked at him.

I remember the first time this man, I call him Marty, in the morning woke up and made us breakfast, which we'd never seen a man in a kitchen before. Woke up and made us eggs, soggy eggs, and then offered ketchup with the egg. And my brother was horrified and refused to eat anything. And I remember just looking at this guy and looking at the way my mother looked at him.

And I realized I needed him to like me. So I was like, okay, to the ketchup on the eggs.

And I realized I needed him to like me. So I was like, okay, to the ketchup on the eggs.

And I realized I needed him to like me. So I was like, okay, to the ketchup on the eggs.

It was that sudden. It was boom, boom, boom. It almost felt as if there was no time in between. It could have been in a matter of a couple of months.

It was that sudden. It was boom, boom, boom. It almost felt as if there was no time in between. It could have been in a matter of a couple of months.

It was that sudden. It was boom, boom, boom. It almost felt as if there was no time in between. It could have been in a matter of a couple of months.

away from all of our family, away from everybody and everything we knew, to a place that was completely, might as well have been Mars.

away from all of our family, away from everybody and everything we knew, to a place that was completely, might as well have been Mars.

away from all of our family, away from everybody and everything we knew, to a place that was completely, might as well have been Mars.

So my stepfather, Marty, had to teach her how to drive. And the only time he could do that was after work. and it was dark and we're in our little neighborhood and we get pulled over on our street, my brother and I in the back seat, and I don't know what's happening. This is terrifying. And a police officer says to my stepfather, we got a report of some Puerto Ricans in the neighborhood.

So my stepfather, Marty, had to teach her how to drive. And the only time he could do that was after work. and it was dark and we're in our little neighborhood and we get pulled over on our street, my brother and I in the back seat, and I don't know what's happening. This is terrifying. And a police officer says to my stepfather, we got a report of some Puerto Ricans in the neighborhood.

So my stepfather, Marty, had to teach her how to drive. And the only time he could do that was after work. and it was dark and we're in our little neighborhood and we get pulled over on our street, my brother and I in the back seat, and I don't know what's happening. This is terrifying. And a police officer says to my stepfather, we got a report of some Puerto Ricans in the neighborhood.

And thankfully, my stepfather, of course, you know, as a white man, was just like, no officer. We lived right, you know, and his driver's license had our address. We lived right down the street.

And thankfully, my stepfather, of course, you know, as a white man, was just like, no officer. We lived right, you know, and his driver's license had our address. We lived right down the street.

And thankfully, my stepfather, of course, you know, as a white man, was just like, no officer. We lived right, you know, and his driver's license had our address. We lived right down the street.