Who is Daisy Hernández from the nonfiction book, The Kissing Bug?

Daisy Hernández is the author and first person narrator of The Kissing Bug. Hernández is the daughter of immigrant parents. She was born and grew up in Union City, New Jersey. Although she never lived in Colombia, she and her mother often visited her extended family in South America during her childhood. Throughout these visits, Hernández became close with her mother’s youngest sister, Tía Dora. When Hernández was still a little girl, Tía Dora contracted a mysterious illness, which the family later learned was Chagas, or the kissing bug disease.