5.0

This collection of essays was smart and engaging, and made me laugh out loud several times. These stories of her Cuban-American upbringing, college years as a first-generation Latinx student, and adulthood navigating the world of academia gave a lot of insight into the non-white American experience in the little ways that aren't often explored in non-fiction (for example, making yourself appear more white when meeting a prospective landlord or Microsoft Word not recognizing your name as a word). I highly recommend this book as well as her debut novel, Make Your Home Among Strangers!