Rutgers' offerings in Latino and African-American history an d literatu re opened new possibilities for crea tivity and po litical awareness, an d Diaz came "to see himself- an d assert himself- as a Dominican, an Am erican, and a writer.'" After his graduation from Rut gers, Dfaz enrolled in the graduate writing pro gram at Corne ll University, from which he received a master's degree in Fine Arts. In the United States Dfaz's family moved to a Latino neig hbo rhood in New Jersey w here he attended Kean College in Union before transferring to Rutgers Univer sity in New Brunswick. JUNOT DIAZ wa s born in 1968 in a poor section of the city of Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominic an Rep ublic, and moved to the United States as a child of seven.
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