Immigrant, came 0 to this done trip 1962 a few week boyfriend the cuban missile cries. He was 11 years old at the time and he and my grandmother fled cuba together, originally landed in miami but then shortly after that moved up to the washington, dc area, settled in Northern Virginia, which is where im from. My dad met my mom, who is was an american, irish and czech dissent. Descent, born in washington, dc near georgetown. He parents my grand rapids are buried at over at Arlington National cemetery. So my families sort of a collision between havana and washington. And my dad gave me a lot of stories from his upbringing in cuba. He talked about greg up on the island until he was 11 years old and had to flee. I still to this day have the passport they gave to him when he fled the country and he you can see the expression on his face. He just looks like a kid who is only 11 years old and is uncertain where he is off to. But as i write in the book, the enemy of the people, a dangerous tim