Dr. Rolando M. Ochoa DBA born into a theatrical family becomes a child star sensation at age 9, but as the political environment deteriorates in his native Cuba, his leaves the island with his family to the United States. At only 18 years of age he faced a new country, a new language, and the very difficult an overcrowded entertainment field. After trying unsuccessfully in Los Angeles, he decides to come back to Florida where he is able to perform with limited success in the music side of his career. Fate has him drafted during the Viet Nam war and he gets married changing his focus and later becoming a very successful banker. After retiring from banking he is now a full-time professor teaching management and business courses at a college in Miami. His life in the U.S. was like a long 50 year trip with many interesting and unique experiences which he describes in very easy to read and entertaining manner in this book.