AL DÍA News spoke with Dr. Eduardo Cabrera, Chair of the Department of Modern Languages at Millikin University in Illinois and finalist in the Latino Book Awards 2018

Eduardo Cabrera: ‘I have great hope in young Americans’. Unlike the great flow of Latin American immigrants who come to the United States in search of economic opportunities, Eduardo Cabrera moved to this country for love.

Unlike the great flow of Latin American immigrants who come to the United States in search of economic opportunities, Eduardo Cabrera moved to this country for love. 

After a while, Cabrera moved to Los Angeles, where he and his girlfriend got married. It was the year 1986. "We were lucky to end up in California, a very progressive state, very cosmopolitan, that gives opportunities to do anything you want," he recalled. In his neighborhood in L.A, the couple set up a theater school in Spanish, "which was a resounding success," said Cabrera proudly. Also in L.A, their three kids were born. The three of them are now consolidated musicians. One lives in Buenos Aires, another in the Netherlands, another in Los Angeles. "We inspired them to love art," explained Cabrera.

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