Leaving his parents in Cuba at the age of 15 and a half the author lived in transition houses, a refugee camp, several foster homes and alone until he reunited with members of his family four years later. A member of the Pedro Pan Program he was able to secure the basic necessities of life for most of that time and able to graduate from high school always pursuing the goal to secure a higher level of education. Letters from family in Cuba provided encouragement and emotional support but ultimately he learned to rely on his own sense of what was the right thing to do as he was confronted with...