Tag Archives: violence

Leaving War Torn El Salvador

    My name is Alex Rodriguez and I am the Uncle of my interviewer.  I was born in El Salvador in 1983.  I was 8 years old when I was forced to immigrate to the USA for a better life, leaving some of my family in El Salvador. Now living in CA, I have a job and I am ... Read More »

Wilson Feels an Angel’s Wings

      I Am Poem I am a special person in my life I wonder about my life in the future I hear a unicorn’s cry I see in my life a good person I want to graduate from high school I am special person for myself I pretend to meet new people and places I feel an angel’s ... Read More »

Jose Aguirre

Jose and his wife came to the U.S. in 1999 after the violence to journalists in Columbia became untenable.  He began anew – doing a wide variety of entry level jobs. Eventually, he was able to get back to journalism. Read More »