We came hoping to be better off financially, between the two of us working, we would be able to have a better life for our two daughters.
Empowerment
1 I have had many trainings on pesticides and field conditions, and despite all the information that is in the media, I feel there is a great need to provide more.
To Fight Injustice
I would go to school, come back and do my homework and go outside and play with my friends. It felt so good! I loved my life at that moment. It was like if a big weight was off my shoulders.
In Every Storm There’s a Calm
Since then I have participated in trainings, many educational meetings, and they have also taught me about our rights and to know how worthy we are as women.
My Kids, My Family, My Church, and My Community Are ...
I cannot stand when people talk about skin color as if that makes them different, and much less in this country where we all come from different nations, which is what makes this country so beautiful – diversity.
Colors Form The Rainbow
...I am a fighter, a woman who likes to help other women, especially farmworker women who need to know about their rights, and become a bridge that helps enforce their social, economic, political and human rights.
My Life Through My Arrival
Life is hard and difficult to live, but there are times when all the suffering we have gone through is rewarded.
I Love What I Do!
Teachers are the solution to help social justice become justice.
Her Dream
He responded, “A history degree won’t pay the bills, why not become a nurse? They get paid well.” I told him I was not passionate about nursing and the thought of blood made me sick. Besides, I wanted to teach not work in a hospital.
My Father Tells Me
Although I was aware of racial inequality, I wasn’t critical of it. My introduction to consciousness was through feminism. My experiences as a female were easier to articulate than those around race.