"I think that what needs to change is just this idea that we have of someone, you know, when somebody teaches us how t…"

"I’ve been following one family that, a father had his one year-old baby taken away from him months ago and just [a we…"

"I always knew that I wanted to be a writer but to me when I was a child and as a teenager as well, the idea of aspiri…"

"I felt like exploring Mexico was a way of exploring my father, myself, and my roots."

"The stories that always interested me were about people and how people were being affected by industry. So like human…"

"To be able to cover immigration and really focus on the human stories because of the fact that [KPBS] is an NPR and P…"

"I feel like like this whole notion of crossing borders appeals to me because curiosity is basically, no one is curiou…"

"I think that my book is relevant to the current, you know, alternative-facts-post-truth situation that we're seeing, …"

"So, for example, if a family comes to the border and ask for asylum, often the women and children will be released on…"

"there is a very strong feeling that's attached to saying my name the way that it's meant to be said. You know, like, …"