Write An Essay On Lucero's Life

Lucero grew up in Isleta Pueblo as a young Native American girl at the age of eight, until she moved to Colorado and Nevada. Lucero’s parent’s childhood and her childhood was very interesting for me to read because she goes into great detail of how her family lived compared to hers. Lucero’s mother and father were raised during the Great Depression in extreme poverty, ingraining in them a strong work ethic. Lucero most likely inherits this great quality from her parents. Also, Lucero dealt with racism from her peers as a young girl and even until her college years at Stanford University. A few examples of questions that Lucero would be asked was if she ate grasshoppers and bugs, if Lucero lived in a tepee or Hogan, and would ask what race she was. The questions became tiresome and felt like she was being harassed at times. These experiences made Lucero not become upset or angry, but want to speak out about the unjust treatment of Native Americans. Lucero would speak up in her classes at school and did not care whether it made the teachers and students uncomfortable. Lucero felt that the subject needed to be discussed because of people being ignorant and not educated with the …show more content…
Lucero was determined to prove whites and others who doubted her wrong all throughout her life. Lucero was doubted by many because of the high rate of Indians not succeeding or performing well in academics. In elementary school, Lucero was far behind in many subjects because she was not taught what the multiplication table was and what “x” signified. So, Lucero put in the work to memorize the multiplication table and entered into math bees. Lucero went on to win many math bees. Lucero showed that it was possible to beat whites “at their own game.” This shows what kind of person Lucero was at a young age. Someone determined, smart, and dedicated at such a young age which was very admirable to