States, and her time serving under president s george w. Bush and donald trump. This is 35 minutes. Where sadies, lets begin with your story. You came to the u. S. When and why . Mercedes i was born in miami, florida. My parents fled the castro regime. My father at the time was in prison under fidel castro. He was a political prisoner. Fought to help free cuba, when obviously the dictatorship came in in the late 1950s. Jail, and ite in was a trying moment for my family. States,e to the united and it was one of those things where they started with nothing. Father, being the entrepreneur and hard worker he he started working as a carpenter and electrician. He made ends meet for his family. It was those lessons with my father, who would constantly remind me of the importance of reagan and democracy in america, and how we have a responsibility to preserve these values. This is something i talked to my kids about as well. Steve your parents are still alive . E mercedes they are. They are pr
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