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  <name><![CDATA[Cecilia Samartin]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[I was born in Cuba at the height of the revolution. My family left when I was nine months old so I have no memories of my own, although I &quot;borrowed&quot; countless memories from my parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. 
     I grew up in a quiet Los Angeles suburb and secretly dreamed of becoming a writer, but after high school I decided to study psychology instead and became a marriage and family therapist. I'm glad I did because my experience as a therapist is what finally inspired me to face my fears, and embrace my dream of becoming a writer. 
     Most of my clients over the years have been immigrants like me so many of my stories reflect the themes of lost homeland, and the search for meaning/identity in a new world. 
     I think of myself more as a story teller than a writer. Perhaps because as a story teller it is easier to envision myself engaging in a two way conversation with my readers, much as I do with my clients. Nothing is more gratifying for me than to receive comments and messages from my readers. I learn so much, and it inspires me as nothing else to keep writing.     ]]></about>  <influences><![CDATA[My grandfather who was an amazing story teller, The Bronte sisters, Graham Green, Victor Hugo, Nathaniel Hawthorn,  ]]></influences>    <hometown>Havana</hometown>  <born_at>09/23/1961</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Damals in Havanna]]></title>
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