Ever since Yoel Diaz moved to America from Cuba, his spouse Marissa Diaz has been documenting some key experiences on this nation.

This consists of his first journey to a grocery retailer, the primary time he walked right into a Wal-Mart and most not too long ago, the primary time he acquired a paycheck from the primary job he is held in America. 

The celebratory second that his spouse captured and posted on Instagram has been seen there greater than three million occasions.

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“It was a really particular second for him,” Marissa Diaz of Pheonix, Arizona, instructed Fox Information Digital about her husband.

Yoel Diaz, 37, began a seasonal job at United Parcel Service (UPS) just a few weeks in the past, his spouse stated. 

He acquired his first paycheck final week. 

Yoel Diaz reveals off his UPS paycheck — the primary test he earned whereas working in America. Diaz moved to this nation in 2021.
(Marissa Diaz)

The video has additionally been “favored” greater than 150,000 occasions on Instagram.

“We’re hoping it opens a door to a everlasting place,” Marissa Diaz stated. 

Yoel Diaz of Phoenix, Arizona, celebrated the very first paycheck he acquired in November 2022 whereas working in America. Diaz is a local of Cuba.
(Marissa Diaz)

“All the things was new to him [such as] making use of — he did not know what a resume was. The job interview, every little thing,” she stated. 

Yoel Diaz arrived within the U.S. in 2021 on a K1 visa after which utilized for residency. 

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As soon as that was accepted, he obtained a piece authorization type and a Social Safety quantity.

That course of took a couple of yr, Marissa Diaz stated.

Yoel and Marissa Diaz of Pheonix, Arizona, pose for {a photograph} in 2021 after Yoel was accepted for his visa on the U.S. Embassy in Guyana.
(Marissa Diaz)

In Cuba, Yoel labored as a professor making $13 per thirty days.

His present paycheck is greater than $13 per thirty days — however his spouse stated that for him, all of this implies a lot greater than the precise cash.

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“For the primary time, he has the chance to dream,” his spouse stated.

Yoel echoed his spouse’s thought, saying his paycheck meant he would “lastly have the possibility to higher” his life.

Yoel Diaz, a UPS supply man, kisses his very first paycheck, which he earned whereas dwelling and dealing in America.
(Marissa Diaz)

“In Cuba, you’ll get a paycheck, and you recognize you by no means enhance,” Yoel Diaz instructed Fox Information Digital in a press release in Spanish, which his spouse translated to English. 

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“It might be the identical. This time, I lastly can dream — I may also help my household and this is step one in my new life the place I may be whoever I would like now.”

On the left, Yoel Diaz proudly holds up the primary paycheck he earned from working at UPS in America. On the precise, he poses along with his spouse, Marissa Diaz, after he was accepted for his visa on the U.S. Embassy in Guyana.
(Marissa Diaz)

In a press release to Fox Information Digital, a consultant for UPS stated, “This story actually warms our hearts, and we’re pleased to have Yoel on our group.”

(See the video under, created by the couple, that they posted on Instagram. It is shared right here with permission and seems as they posted it. It additionally seems on the high of this text.)

Requested about his desires for his future as he continues to reside in America, Yoel Diaz stated, “My dream is to have the ability to present for myself and my household. I need to help my spouse’s dream of storytelling and would like to go across the nation and the world to find it.”

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He added, “[That’s] one thing the Cuban dictatorship by no means allowed me to do.”