E69 – Cuban human Niurka D’Amour (Nikky) was born in 1969, in Havana. Her family witnessed the revolution, led by Fidel Castro, ousting Batista. Castro implemented the change from capitalism to socialism in the country but at a great cost to Cuba’s citizens. As a young woman, Niurka fled to the United States from her homeland and didn’t look back for nearly two decades. (1:21:04)

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