I believe that Andreu’s biggest challenge as a child was coping with her identity. In the beginning, Andreu notes, “I chafed at the strictures of undocumented life: no social security number meant no public school, no driver’s license, no after-school job” (619). This quotation shows that she did not realize that her problems were just starting. It’s not easy living life without any documents and not having freedom. Most teenagers can’t wait to get there first job or start learning how to drive a car eventually Andreu couldn’t experience those things with her friends. Second, Andreu states, “I became legal and what had always seemed a blank future of no hope suddenly turned dazzling with possibility” (619). This quotation shows that when she
