Leah Rodriguez: A Short Story

The Miraculous Day of Amalia Gomez by John Rechy delves into the life of Amalia Gomez; a Mexican-American woman living in a poor rural area of Hollywood. The structure of her family is falling apart due to conflict between the characters and Amalia’s lack of involvement in their lives. Her youngest son Juan is a male prostitute known as a “maricÓn”, her daughter Gloria is falling dangerously close to following in Amalia’s footsteps, and her oldest son Manny although well intentioned starts to clone his father’s criminal tendencies even though he has no recollections of his father. Amalia’s selective perspective also leads to conflict within herself since she is content not knowing the truth as long as the false reality fits her ideal

maria sanchez was only six people tried to hit her with sticks hateful words at her were thrown hate to all with her skin tone she went to school on her own the kids all left she was alone she wants to learn everything in life but she goes to school with strife maria was brave and learned at school with one teacher who was cool her teacher smiles but maria sees her fear and uncertainty maria does her best to stand tall and not let her fear make her fall ignoring hate coming from the crowd maria makes her country

The gossip circumventing around 7-year-old Erica Pratt's blighted neighbourhood was that her family had obtained a sizable sum of wealth.

On 09/02/2016, Julinda Gonzalez 18 year old female, reported she went on a movie date with the defendant, Robert Taylor 26 year old male. After the movies, he drove her to a secluded area near Fernwood Avenue Middle School in Egg Harbor Township, where he sexually assaulted her in the back of his SUV. The victim, Julinda Gonzalez, stated that they were making out and kissing in the back seat of his car, and she was okay with that. Eventually, the defendant, pushed the victim down unzipped his pants, and pulled down her underwear. She reported definite digital penetration of her vagina, but she was unsure if he penetrated her with his penis. In addition, she believed Robert performed oral sex on her but her legs went numb and she was unable

Raicine Rodriguez was born in San Bernardino California; she was the middle daughter of three girls. Her siblings and she had all different personalities; Raicine was the one who always seemed to think things through, perhaps a little too much. She lived her life as full as she allowed herself, while always thinking about the “what ifs,” before she gave her one-hundred percent. It was a very cautious act, but it held her back in many ways as well. Once in college it took her several years to decide what she wanted to major in. In her mid-twenties, she moved to Nashville for a job. Here was able to figure out the kind of person she wanted to be in life. All of her friends and family were in California so she was able to concentrate solely on

For those who know me well, know I’m a great fan of iHeartRadio and the iHeartMedia team. Patty Rodriguez is a national recognized entrepreneur, senior producer at On-Air with Ryan Seacrest, founder and author of the bilingual children's book publisher Lil Libros, and founder of MALA by Patty Rodriguez, jewelry line. Her recent accomplishment is the stardom of a petition to have M.A.C to create a Selena collection. She successfully managed to concur that dream and now you can purchase M.A.C Selena cosmetics in stores and online. Patty’s goal is to inspire young Latinos and show them that with hard work, persistence and passion everything is possible. And she sure enough she demonstrated that at the Master Class Entrepreneur event. Lucky for

Selena Quintanilla, queen of Tejano music, wife, daughter, and sister, who tragically met her sudden premature death. She left behind masses of adoring fans mourning her loss, the new great view of Tejano music, a memory of the beautiful girl who sang her way into the hearts of millions, and the thought of what could have been. The thought of what might have happened if she reached full fame. Now, we can only reminisce in the idea of what she might have become.

His mother’s name was Natalia Soto, his father Luis Soto. His sisters were Sarah and Tina. They were twins and his parents tried to give them the whitest names possible. He was the oldest and got the short end of the stick since he was born before they caught on to the idea. Ni - slid from the tip of the tongue to the middle of the mouth, sat right in the center – co – like trying to spit his name out, get rid of his taste – lás – tongue flicking off teeth again, bringing him right back in. Nicolás, the oldest with brown skin brown eyes brown hair.

My name is Kaitlyn Hoopingarner, and I am a senior at West High School. Sioux City, Iowa has been my home for my whole life. At West High, I am involved in multiple activities: varsity wrestling cheer, robotics, and theatre. In addition to my school activities, I also paint, crochet, and play video games. I plan to attend Iowa State University to major in Computer Science. My birthday is July 25th, and Christmas is December 25th; so, my birthday is "Christmas in

Lucia Esperanza is a student with multiple disabilities who attends Windmill Elementary School. She lives in a second floor apartment with her parents, two brothers and grandmother. Lucia’s parents are not United States citizens, however, they both are legal residents. They speak a small amount of English as well. Lucia’s parents work full time as service workers, and their shifts entail long hours and work days. Lucia’s grandmother is her dominant caregiver because majority of the time her parents are working. The family relies not only on Lucia’s grandmother to provide afterschool and weekend childcare for Lucia, but her older brother, age twelve too. Lucia’s older brother is required to be available after school and

Dr evelina lopez antonetty was a very important leader in Puerto Rico. She helped get women rights in Puerto Rico , like equal rights , rights to vote, women go to school and equal pay.

To begin, on May 15, 2017 I interviewed Maria Mojica about what it means to be American to her. Also, Maria Mojica, mother of 2, felt the necessity to describe that being American means that you acquire specific rights only accessible in this country. Since her mother, Guillermina Diaz, gave birth to her in Guerrero, Mexico and raised her in Anaheim, California, Maria was aware of the drastic differences between Mexico and America. Furthermore, she captured the idea that her life would ameliorate and that she could become much more successful in America versus Mexico. Although she believes that America is unsatisfactory due to more crime and violence, she declares that America has progressed in the aspect that America has grown economically

From a young age, Evany Martinez knew she wanted a different life from the people around her. For fear that, if Martinez did not do something terrifyingly unique her life would mirror that of her parents. Such as her mother who as beautiful and intelligent as she was, stayed complacent in the arms of her high-school sweetheart alcoholic husband. For this reason, Martinez escaped to the worlds she found in books, music, television, and movies. In the hope that one day life would imitate art.

The story "Suzy and Leah" was written by Jane Yolen, and it took place in the U.S with the main characters as Leah and Suzy. The story was originally two series of diary entries written from August 5, 1944 until October 12, 1944 by the two girls. Over the entire story, both of the girls evolved. They evened by going from hating each other to really understanding the other person. In the end they both got to know the other person a little bit better and started to form a relationship out of the things they had in common.

I was born in the Dominican Republic my parents named me Maria Esther, with many associate to be spanish but the true is originated from Hebrew. I'm 22 years old and too mature for my age. I'm the older of five kids, between my baby sister are 7 years apart, with made me to be responsible and not able to feel classes or choose to do wild and crazy things . growing up my family movie five time alway in urban area. My siblings and I grow up with many friends in different places. My sister and I attend private school until our 8 and 7 years old we started at the age of 2. I grow up in a catholic family, but I always was to curious at early age I started studying others religion what lead me to change my religion domination. My skin color is light brown. When people see me for