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I've brought the traditions from Spain to the United States: spending the afternoons with my husband and my son, enjoying the little things.

My mother came here to New York. She and my grandmother were domestics, cooking, cleaning for other people.

One thing that I miss because we spend a lot of time in America is English food, like cooked breakfast and Sunday dinners.

We share a wonderful, I think, physical or geographical heritage.

My kids and I are spending time together. And we're enjoying that. Family is important; I was gone a lot in the 20 years of public service.

My family traveled a lot. For a while we even lived in a trailer and traveled from campground to campground. If we got to eat at the Cheesecake Factory, it was the highlight of our whole year! But I don't miss having to share a bathroom with seven people or having powdered milk with my cereal. It was so nasty.

You look around New York, and we are surrounded by restaurants and food trucks, and we celebrate food in this city like no tomorrow.

It's really important to recognize that family life in America has changed pretty dramatically.

I have really fond memories of Texas. By the time I was eight, we started to go back to Chile very regularly, and many family members came to visit us because we couldn't go visit them.

I managed to take a family trip to the Bahamas and it was quite lovely.