Last night, in San Juan, during the premiere of the documentary ‘Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided To Go For It’, the mayor, @Miguel_Romero_, gave the actress a key to the city of San Juan, & named her the adoptive daughter of the Capital of Puerto Rico. 
Congratulations to @TheRitaMoreno!
If you’re wondering, Moreno was born in Humacao, Puerto Rico 89 years ago.
She is the “Only Living EGOT Who's Won All 4 Awards as a Performer”.
What a legend. I want to meet her. billboard.com/articles/news/…
What a legend. I want to meet her. billboard.com/articles/news/…
In her memoir she writes: “My journey begins on December 11, 1931, in Juncos, Puerto Rico. Humacao “claims” me now because I became famous…but sorry, Humacao, I am not from you—I was only born in a hospital there...”
“... From Humacao, swaddled, I was carried by my mother—my pretty dark-haired mother, Rosa Maria, who was then only seventeen—back to her village, back to Juncos...”
“... Juncos blooms like a flower in my memory; Juncos is color, scent. And Juncos is music: my mother and other women singing, laughing. No one was ever alone in Juncos.
Why did we ever leave Juncos?
“Because we had nothing there,” my mother said...”
Why did we ever leave Juncos?
“Because we had nothing there,” my mother said...”
“... Of course, to a five-year old, we had everything in Juncos. What would the unknown America offer that I did not already have?”...” welcome2thebronx.com/2015/10/19/pue…
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