Isabel Varona Caballero, 78, talks to her daughter (Isabel) Carolina Caballero, 38, about her life in Cuba and her trip to the United States. Isabel discusses her family background and life in Cuba in the context of the Cuban revolution, mentioning that she silently symphathized with the 26th of July Movement. She describes where she was when Batista left the island in January and her exile after the failed Bay of Pigs invasion.