I am here five years in tuna.

They give us ribbons as proof that we were there.

I want to love you, I want to trust you, but I'm scared. Will you catch me? Will you always be there? Will you kiss away my tears and protect my heart? Please say yes because if you don't my heart and soul will shatter into oblivion.

At this point, I don't even know if I have a job still. I feel I'm being unjustly pushed out the door without a reason why.

'La Lupe' is my passion project. I've done it as a one-woman show, but I'm raising money to turn it into a film. It's a story of a Cuban singer who became the Queen of Latin Soul, the first woman on the N.Y. salsa scene.

I don't have children, but I have 17 nieces and nephews, and they more than make up for anything that I can do. I have a stepdaughter, and I adore her to pieces, and I think about adoption. There are so many kids at different ages and stages that need families.