“Did you ever wonder about living anywhere else outside your hometown?” I innocently asked my father. “Yes” he replied. A middle-class family would often visit his neighborhood every six months and they arrived in a pick-up truck. They came from San Antonio, Morelos Chihuahua located in the Western Sierra Madre. This family had a farm and my father always wanted ... Read More »
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Guatemalan Child Grows Up and Becomes County Prosecutor
Some folks become lawyers because it is a profession that runs in the family, others find their way into the legal field through a different path. Byron Abraham Suarez, Deputy District Attorney for the County of Santa Clara, remembers that he and his sister served as translators for their parents, like many immigrant children, both even trying to explain contracts and ... Read More »
Immigration Story Daniel Guevara: Odyssey From Guatemala
My name is Jorge Rey (name changed to preserve anonymity). I am patient. I am outgoing. I am humble. I am one of a kind. I happily live in Hayward CA with my wife, two sons, daughter-in-law and my one year old nephew who I adore so much. I was born in 1974 in Guatemala. I lived with my grandparents ... Read More »
Santos, dreams of graduation and military
I Am Poem I am a unique happy person I wonder how is it like living in Spain I hear myself stomping my own feet I want to graduate from high school I am a unique happy person I pretend to look mad so that no one will mess with me I feel that i see myself going to college ... Read More »