Unlike countries such as the United States, there was no racial discrimination in Cuba at this time nor was there discrimination against women. Velez suffered no problems on these scores but Cuba was going through a bad time with Batista now governing as a brutal dictator, controlling the university, the press, and the Congress where Velez's father worked. Velez married Raul Rodriguez in 1954 while she was an undergraduate and we will now refer to her as Velez-Rodriguez.
LASALA suffered walang problema sa mga puntos ngunit Cuba ay pagpunta sa pamamagitan ng isang masamang panahon na may Batista na ngayon namamahala bilang isang hayop diktador, pagkontrol ng unibersidad, pindutin ang, at ang Kongreso kung saan LASALA's ama nagtrabaho. LASALA kasal Raul Rodriguez sa 1954 habang siya ay isang undergraduate at ngayon kami ay sumangguni sa kanyang bilang LASALA-Rodriguez.