
She has a broad idea of what her late grandmother was like as a person and performer based on watching movies in which her grandmother appeared or information provided to her by family members.
“Slowly, I started going to friends’ houses and seeing her in a poster in their kitchen or on a T-shirt or handbag.” “I was like, ‘I guess this is a bigger deal than I thought,” Ferrer explained in an interview.
“She revolutionized what we take for granted today… having a celebrity of her magnitude associated with a cause like she was,” said Ferrer of her grandmother. “But at the time — I’m not sure we can appreciate how revolutionary that was.”