List of Illustrations - Benjamin D. Reese, Jr.: Foreword - Venessa Ann Brown/Menah Pratt-Clarke: Acknowledgments - Venessa Ann Brown/Menah Pratt-Clarke: Introduction - Venessa Ann Brown/Sarah Walker-Leard: An Overview of Race, Class, and Culture in Cuba - Archie W. Ervin: International Cultural Exchanges as Professional Development Opportunities for Diversity Professionals - Venessa Ann Brown: Cuba and Connections to Childhood - Menah Pratt-Clarke: Transformation, Empowerment, and the Cuban Revolution: Reflections on Gender, Race, and Culture - Howard J. Ross: Two Sides to Every Story: Lessons in Life from Cuba - Diana Ariza: Two Wings of the Same Bird: Reflections of a Puerto Rican in Cuba - Na'im Madyun: Finding Home in Cuba - Yvette M. Alex-Assensoh: Missing in Plain Sight: The Complicated Story of Race in Cuba Today - Yvette M. Alex-Assensoh: Missing in Plain Sight: The Complicated Story of Race in Cuba Today - Christine Clark: Dear Ché - Sadie Burton-Goss: The New Cuba: Factors Supporting the Cultivation of Resilience - Menah Pratt-Clarke/Venessa Ann Brown: A Promising Reality - Jorge-Felix Morfa: Postscript: A Story of Resilience (How I Came to the USA) - Contributors.

Venessa A. Brown received her PhD from Clark Atlanta University. She is Associate Chancellor for Institutional Diversity and Inclusion; Chief Diversity Officer; and Professor of Social Work at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

Menah Pratt-Clarke received her PhD and her JD from Vanderbilt University. She is Vice President for Strategic Affairs; Vice Provost for Inclusion and Diversity; and Professor of Education at Virginia Tech.