Journey to the usa

Watch Carmen Valdivia, the Director of the American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora, shares her story of traveling from Cuba to Miami when she was a little girl; and how her family overcame the difficulties to reunite in the USA.

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Meet the host Oldine Monestime

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Funded by the Knight Foundation

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