Born in Yuma, Arizona, second child to parents Libardo and Juan Estrada Chavez. Both his parent worked in the fields that were over a 100 acres long. However, the chavez family lost its land, when the Great Depression came around. Like other people, they became of the migrant chain that streamed into California. When Cesar was in 7th grade, he dropped out to work in the fields full time but was now low on education, knowing little on how to read and write. This would make him go nothing higher than advanced low level job in
Born in Yuma, Arizona, second child to parents Libardo and Juan Estrada Chavez. Both his parent worked in the fields that were over a 100 acres long. However, the chavez family lost its land, when the Great Depression came around. Like other people, they became of the migrant chain that streamed into California. When Cesar was in 7th grade, he dropped out to work in the fields full time but was now low on education, knowing little on how to read and write. This would make him go nothing higher than advanced low level job in