El Paso

Points and moved us out of the barrio in south El Paso. Since we were still very poor, he could not afford the monthly payment on the mortgage, and so he moved us into the basement, while he rented the house to an Anglo family from Ft. Bliss, a military base. Next, he and his friends from the warehouse built an apartment in back of the house, and we moved there for a couple of years. Meanwhile, my brothers and sisters attended the better schools in El Paso. Years later, we moved into the house…

El Paso, Texas is home to a large population of people who are enriched within a diverse and bicultural community. Since El Paso is surrounded by a harsh desert environment, the city faces many challenges that include drought and flooding. Even though many low income families live in El Paso, El Paso still strives to increase its resiliency and make the city more environmentally friendly. I chose El Paso because it shows how you do not have to be rich to make a positive impact on the environment…

Should one follow the law of the land or their conscience? Taking a page from the marketing tactics of Old El Paso Taco Shells, I ask why we can’t do both? With a population of over seven billion, human beings are never going to come to a consensus about what the ultimate conduct guide should be. Still, the two main sides of the debate are that one should either follow the rule of law or their own conscience. However, I do not think that both sides are mutually exclusive. After all, the…

What is the physical size of the site, and how many residents and residences does it accommodate? The physical size is 59,800 square foot on a 4.2-acre site, once a smaller derelict housing project surrounded by commercial entities. El Paso Housing Authority complex has 73 unit for senior citizens over the age of 62 many applied but only a few were granted the opportunity to live in the community based on their exemplary track records at previous housing projects and willingness to comply with…

20 Years Ago El Paso High School in El Paso, Texas 8:30 a.m. It was an unusually chilly and foggy day for September in Texas. Millie got out of her white Aleko and grabbed her yellow knit sweater that was draped across the passenger seat. She was reaching for her backpack, which was in the back seat of her car, when the first bell rang. Millie raced across the parking lot, up the concrete steps, and pulled the heavy door to the rustic brick building open. There was no one in the halls like…

had all culminated in this view. From the top of North Franklin Mountain, the individual aspects of my home – El Paso - appeared small in comparison to the vast city below me. Even the border fence was rendered invisible from such a vantage point. This community, with its intersection of cultures and countries, showed me how to think, developed my open mind, and shaped my compassion. El Paso del Norte is situated at the westernmost tip of Texas, bordered by New Mexico to the west and Ciudad…

Current Students 1.) The El Paso Community College website is filled with an abundance of resources to help out its college attendees. It embodies the EPCC Tejano spirit by outlining the website in teal. One Tab titled current students provides online users with shortcuts, and easier access to classroom resources. The website includes information about campus life. Blackboard and My EPCC E-mail are the most commonly used resources. Upon checking my emails, I realized that most of the messages I…

matron’s mother, was also going with me. She was going to get her teeth fixed, because it's a little cheaper in Mexico. The day my parents drove my grandmother and me to Garden City, KS was the day we would be getting on a bus that takes us to El Paso. In El Paso, we would transfer to another bus that would take us to Juarez. After that…

my stepfather was exceedingly difficult at first because I was only used to having my mother to myself. Before moving in with him, my mother had raised me in a Hispanic community; now moving to El Paso, I had to get used to a very Americanized neighborhood. I struggled to get used to my new life in El Paso. Since I was born, my mother and I lived in Juarez, in a small house where all the neighbors were friendly. Once we moved, I realized that the neighborhood we moved into was extremely…

myself come to El Paso as he did not have the time to travel to each of our stores, We discussed the same things that were talked about in August, John and Joey made promises again and none of those promises were made good. John said not to allow my assistant to close by their self that he had made a mistake telling me it was ok. There was either a manager or assistant mangers training taking place, but our meeting was the three of us with Joey and John for about an hour. El Paso is a six hour…