“From day one, I've always been a girly girl. In pre-school I loved driving around in my super Barbie car.” SchoolGirlCarDrivingGirlyBarbieGirly GirlPre School Author:Abbey Curran
“I fell in love with the pageant world. People that don't compete in pageants, I think they have a negative feeling for them, but really, they are incredible.” PeopleThinkingWorldFeelingsNegativeIncrediblesPageantNegative Feelings Author:Abbey Curran
“I think that the pageant world overall is pretty spectacular, it just makes you feel good about yourself and leaves you with great friends.” ThinkingWorldFeelsFeel GoodAbout YourselfSpectacularGreat FriendMake You Feel GoodPageant Author:Abbey Curran
“I guess my goal is to design my own walker. The walkers with the big tennis balls, no one wants to use those. I would rather crawl down the street in New York City than use those.” WantUseBigsGoalMy OwnCitiesStreetsNew YorkDesignBallsTennisNew York CityWalkersTennis Balls Author:Abbey Curran
“If you put someone on screen long enough, they become the hero.” IfsLongEnoughHeroScreens Author:Michael Caine
“For me becoming a filmmaker was about taking back my voice - crafting stories that would move away from the problematic narratives that the studio system would put out about Latinos. I think this is why people like my films. They're refreshing. They feel more real.” PeopleThinkingFeelsRealStoriesFilmMovingVoiceBecomingStudiosNarrativeFilmmakerLatinoRefreshing Author:Aurora Guerrero
“As for major obstacles keeping young Latinos from becoming filmmakers, I think our communities are still coming into their identities as storytellers. It's such an important identity to reclaim - it's how our ancestors kept our cultures alive. But a long history of silencing, invisibility, and marginalization has kept generations of Latinos from believing in themselves, from seeing themselves as agents of their own lives. I think there needs to be a focus on this aspect to help cultivate young Latinas to see themselves as cultural producers and defenders.” ThinkingNeedsBelieveLongStillsImportantHelpingYoungCultureCommunityFocusAliveSeeingGenerationsIdentityBecomingMajorsAspectObstaclesProducersAgentsFilmmakerAncestorStorytellerLatinoOur CommunityDefendersInvisibilityLatinaMarginalizationSilencing Author:Aurora Guerrero
“The rubber hits the road when we try to show grace to a person most unlike us, even someone morally offensive.” TryingPersonsShowsGraceOffensiveRubber Author:Philip Yancey
“Jesus was a master of grace: he attracted sinners and moral outcasts even as he offended the religious and responsible people of his day.” PeopleJesusReligiousMoralGraceMastersResponsibleSinnerOffendedOutcast Author:Philip Yancey