The Cuban Heritage Collection (CHC) Library houses thousands of written documents on Cuban life and culture. After hundreds of hours of research in the library I went on to compose a creative short story called Fort Chafee-1980. Briefly, the story is about the two Cuban children, Ernesto and Maria, and their daily struggles living at the undermanned and overcrowded Cuban refugee resettlement center of Fort Chafee. I would later go on to present my work at a university wide symposium. An excerpt from my story was actually published by the University of Miami in Cuban Identity and Diaspora, which can now be found in the CHC Library.
