“I want people to take pride in Spanish Harlem. These are people that e...” — James De La Vega Quote

“I want people to take pride in Spanish Harlem. These are people that everyone in the community could relate to... people who mean something special to us.”

“Become your dream.”

“Believe in yourself and stop trying to convince others.”

“Where I'm from in Harlem, everybody look like a rapper.”

“I'm sort of obsessed with Harlem. Just its history. My father did the music for a play called 'The Huey P. Newton Story,' and they did a lot of work in Harlem. So as a little girl, I spent a lot of time in Harlem Library.”

“I'm from Harlem.”