While America will always, I think, feel foreign to me, New York City is my home. This is where I can construct my own identity freely and reject labels imposed on me.
Raquel Cepeda (2014). “Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina”, p.259, Simon and Schuster
![While America will always, I think, feel foreign to me, New York City is my home. This is where I can construct my own identity freely and reject labels imposed on me.](http://cdn.quoteddaily.com/images/raquel-cepeda/while-america-will-always-i-think-feel-foreign-to-me-new-york-city-is-my-home-this-is-where-i.jpg)