My Time to Speak

**An inspiring, timely, and conversation-starting memoir from the barrier-breaking and Emmy Award -winning journalist Ilia Calderon--the first Afro-Latina to anchor a high-profile newscast for a major Hispanic broadcast network in the United States--about following your dreams, overcoming prejudice, and embracing your identity.**
As a child, Ilia Calderon felt like a typical girl from Colombia. In Choco, the Afro-Latino province where she grew up, your skin could be any shade and you'd still be considered blood. Race was a non-issue, and Ilia didn't think much about it--until she left her community to attend high school and college in Medellin. For the first time, she became familiar with horrifying racial slurs thrown at her both inside and outside of the classroom.
From that point on, she resolved to become "deaf" to racism, determined to overcome it in every way she could, even when she was told time and time again that...