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How Thousands of Cubans Found Freedom During the Mariel Boatlift | Mirta Ojito
At 16 years old, Mirta Ojito left Cuba with her family during the 1980 Mariel boatlift, joining more than 100,000 Cubans who made the journey to the United States in search of a new beginning. That experience would shape not only her life in America, but also an extraordinary career devoted to telling the stories of others.
In this episode of Sabor a Freedom, Mirta joins Judy Pino for a deeply personal conversation about growing up in communist Cuba, leaving the island during Mariel, arriving in the United States as a teenager, and building a new life in a country that offered possibilities…
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