Farmworkers


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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



She gave me a room, bed and everything; with a blanket and everything. And then she got us a job in the strawberry fields. It was very hard. We had never worked in the fields, my husband and me. But we never chickened out. We worked.

Oppressed Heart



I enjoy sharing one of my passions, which is cooking; every weekend, we prepare a meal to go feed the less fortunate; we deliver hot food so they know that no matter the situation they are in, there is always someone who thinks and cares about them.

Continuing My Story


...when I was in school, they could not buy me a physical education uniform...

To Learn Many Things


Well, today I want to tell about my life. I am the second oldest of nine siblings. We are five women and four men. We were a family with my dad and my mom. I always remember how we used to play when we were little; I used to run […]

My Rose-Tinted Life



What I say to my children is that they be good parents to their children. We suffered a lot because we didn’t have much food; there wasn’t plenty, so we never wasted any.

I Wanted to Study


I was born in Los Angeles, CA. My mom was an undocumented immigrant. When I was one year old, she took me to Jalisco, Mexico. I grew up there.

When I Immigrated to the USA




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