The First Thing I Wanted to Give to America, America's Story

"I'm from the Bronx, and the Bronx is tough. Tough like walking past sidewalk memorials and dodging cop towers on your way to the train type of tough," she says. "My mom and my Tias and my abuelas, I never saw them take a moment to rest, or to invest in self-care ... And so that was the first thing that I wanted to give to America."