MacArthur 'genius' makes magical art that conjures up her Afro-Cuban roots
Briefly

When I left the town of La Vega to go to art school [as a young girl], I was wearing pants and a top that my mother made me using the fabric from a used mattress cover. All I had was my luggage and a little piece of brown paper that had the address of where I was going. And I knew that I never was going to return to the town until I had a lot of good news to share. So now I am going back to La Vega as a MacArthur Genius.
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