“I never went to school because my mother needed me to go to work out in the fields. I still can’t read or even sign my name. My education was out farming and cultivating the land, which means I’ve always had a full stomach and an active life to go with it.”
“Seeing people who haven’t got any food makes me wild about the way people buy food and then waste it. You learn to treasure food when you see others who don't have enough.”
“I can hold a plank for 300 counts. Exercise, diet and mental attitude are the key to keeping young. Also, people worry all the time about yesterday. I think, just keep today and tomorrow will come.”
“We find ways to live with our own means and we become creative. A Cuban woman is constantly being inventive in order to feed her family. That is what I am.”
