Estela's family, especially her father did not like the government since people in Cuba, at this time, did not have basic freedoms, like freedom of speech, press, and education . If someone was attacking the government they would soon have the DGI (Direcion General de Inteligencia) at their door. Estela's family were all devoted Catholics but slowly Castro and the Cuban government took that away too. When describing why they left Estela said, “We left Cuba cause we had to, it was either that or my father would get killed because he was very against the revolution.” They finally decided to move to the US originally planning to move to Tampa, Florida.