My personal goal in my public life is to try to replace the old pervasive stereotypes and myths about Latinas with a much more interesting set of rea… - Judith Ortiz Cofer

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My personal goal in my public life is to try to replace the old pervasive stereotypes and myths about Latinas with a much more interesting set of realities. Every time I give a reading, I hope the stories I tell, the dreams and fears I examine in my work, can achieve some universal truth which will get my audience past the particulars of my skin color, my accent, or my clothes.