Today is the day 💛 Dreaming of Home is officially out in paperback. Thank you to everyone who has carried this story with me. Here’s to choosing courage, community, and hope and to this next chapter together.

The paperback edition of my national bestselling memoir, Dreaming of Home, comes out next Tuesday on June 9th, and to celebrate this new chapter, I’m honored to be joined by the one and only adrienne maree brown.

📚 ONE WEEK 📚 In one week, the Dreaming of Home paperback officially arrives. 💛 This book was written as a story of home, courage, belonging, healing, and organizing,  a reminder that even in difficult moments, hope and collective action matter.

I can’t stop thinking about what is happening inside Delaney Hall detention center, Torrance County Detention Facility and all other centers across the country.

So excited to be going LIVE with José Antonio Vargas (@joseiswriting.bsky.social ) 💛 We’ll be talking about Dreaming of Home, storytelling, belonging, immigration, courage, and why our stories matter, especially right now.

Watching Greisa from United We Dream testify before the Senate reminded me of something we too often forget: undocumented people have always led with courage, clarity, and love for our communities, even when this country refuses to fully recognize our humanity.

To the Class of 2026, congratulations. 🎓✨

Dreaming of Home is coming to paperback very soon! 💛 This story carries so much of my heart, family, migration, organizing, belonging, and the reminder that home is something we continue building together. I can’t wait for this version to make its way into even more hands.

In honor of Latino Book Month, I’m sharing some of my favorite books by Latina authors. Their work explores migration, memory, family, identity, love, grief, and the many ways we search for home.

Thank you to everyone who came together in community, to listen, reflect, and share space around Dreaming of Home. We shared our stories and dreams for how to build stronger communities and a country where we all belong.

A gentle reminder to take care of you. As women in my life turn 40 I’ve been having more conversations about mammograms. The anxiety about having your first one and the anxiety there after every year.

I carry my family’s labor story with me every day. This May Day, I’m honoring the workers whose hands, hearts, and sacrifice keep our communities moving.

Over 100 U.S. citizens impacted by detention and deportation came together in Philly to talk about citizenship, community, and belonging. Now, we’re organizing and bringing our loved ones, neighbors, and friends into the work to change the future of this country.

There’s something grounding about being in spaces like Bioneers surrounded by people who have been doing the work, building, dreaming, and showing up for our communities and for Mother Earth in so many ways.

Day 2 at the @latimes.com Festival of Books 📚✨ We had a full tent at the De Los Angeles Times for our panel.“ Looking to the Past to Shape the Future.” Thank you to all of you who showed up and showed out. Loved signing books for you all & was deeply moved by your smiles, stories, and affirmations.

Day 1 at the @latimes.com Festival of Books. The largest book festival in the country! ✨ So much of today was about connection! Spending time with @glonation.bsky.social and Reyna , being in conversation, and sharing space with a community that continues to show up for one another.

Dreaming of Home isn’t just a holiday gift. It’s a guide for stepping into a new year rooted in resilience and collective power. Written for those seeking grounding, understanding, and a reminder that our voices matter. Give it as an invitation to learn, reflect, and build what comes next—together.

This DC stop on the Dreaming of Home 2025 tour, in collaboration with @unitedwedream.org, felt especially full circle.

Latino Heritage Month filled my heart in ways I’m still holding onto. 💛

Join us this TODAY at the New York Public Library for a panel on organizing and strategy, moderated by Heather McGhee. We’ll be talking about how change happens, who makes it possible, and why hope continues to be a radical practice.

This Thursday, Dec 4th at 6:30pm EST — I’m going LIVE with the incredible @joseiswriting.bsky.social We’ll be talking about Dreaming of Home and the power of our immigrant stories. See you there ✨

A few weeks ago I spent the day with over 300 brilliant middle schoolers in Brooklyn. Students were children of immigrants, non-immigrants, Latine, and more — all carrying dreams that deserve to be seen.

Traveling across the country sharing Dreaming of Home has brought me home to the people, the organizers and courageous leaders, who have been part of building this movement.

The administration says they will “flood the zone” in NYC with ICE to target working-class communities of color. But New Yorkers are coming together to say: hands off NYC! We will defend our neighbors and the New York we all love.

I'm proud that Dreaming of Home was named one of three finalists for the New American Voices Award. It was an honor to share the stage with powerful immigrant women writers Shubha Sunder and Olufunke Grace Bankole.

Don't Look Away!

Join me at Queens College for Hispanic Heritage Month! Wednesday, October 8, 2025 Scan the QR code to register and save your spot!

We carry your vision forward. Rest in power, Assata.

I just have to talk about Cristela Alonzo’s new Netflix special, Upper Classy. It’s not just comedy, it’s a love letter to our community.

✨ Honored to have joined in August an incredible group of powerhouse Latinas at the 2025 UnidosUS (@WeAreUnidosUS) Annual Conference for the Latinas Luncheon Panel ✨

✨ Orgullosa y emocionada de compartir mi historia en People en Español✨

Another attack on our immigrant communities. We will not be silent! We will resist, organize, and demand dignity.

I’m so grateful to join The Uplifters Podcast to share about my journey, the power of storytelling, and the themes in my new book Dreaming of Home.

✨ Seeing your reviews means the world ✨

“There’s disappointment because there was a dream that became lost or broken.”

Grateful for my sister @monicaramirez.bsky.social and the Raizado Festival team for bringing us together. Latina and Latino artists, civic and civil rights leaders, journalists, and entrepreneurs, to build comunidad.

“Solo quiero estar con mis hijas”: así clama una madre venezolana que su hogar fue invadido por ICE, resultando en la separación de diez miembros de su familia entre Texas, Nuevo México y Louisiana.

Excited to join this year's Raizado Festival in Aspen, CO!

So grateful for the beautiful words readers are sharing about Dreaming of Home. 💛 This 5-star review reminds us why stories matter: they open hearts, spark conversations, and remind us of our shared humanity.

Still feeling so much gratitude after joining maketheroad ct to celebrate 10 years of organizing, resistance, and immigrant power in Connecticut.

I’m so grateful to share that Dreaming of Home has been named a finalist for the New American Voices Award by the Institute for Immigration Research and Fall for the Book. Read more here: fallforthebook.org/2025navfinal...

Dreaming of Home is officially #9 on Amazon’s Best Sellers in Immigration Policy.

Tomorrow, another mother will hold her child tighter—because it might be the last time. Another parent will bury pieces of their heart beneath rubble. As a mother and a human, I cannot look away. These are all of our children. Their grief is our grief. Their future is our responsibility.

I’m going Live with my friend and brilliant movement leader Edgar to talk about my book Dreaming of Home — a story about belonging, resilience, and the fight for immigrant justice.

It’s my birthday! 🥳 If you want to celebrate with me, here’s what I’d love: Buy a copy of Dreaming of Home—or gift one to someone who needs it. Leave a review if the book moved you on Barnes & Noble, Goodreads and Amazon. Your support helps this story reach more hearts. 💛

Connecticut! 💛 I’m so excited to be joining @maketheroadct.bsky.social on July 31st to celebrate their incredible 10 years of building power and organizing for justice!

As fascism continues to escalate, how are you showing up for the immigrant communities? Listen to the latest episode to learn from a longtime immigrant justice organizer @iamcristinajimenez.bsky.social www.fascismbarometer.org/podcast-epis...

Salt Lake City, you showed up with so much love 💛

Sharing Dreaming of Home at this powerful event at the Ford Foundation was such an honor.

Yesterday, in a 6–3 decision, the Supreme Court limited the power of federal courts to protect us from unlawful policies.