Mexicali

Because the expectations on her where too high and the score too low the cruel critics raised but not for her performance. The chicanes were all about her body, she was compared to a pig for days; this people went too far visiting her parent’s house in Mexicali, Baja California, to “make a friendly reminder to her parents that her daughter is a useless piece of pork walking.” This isn’t the first time we have this kind of issues. In Athens 2004 when Ana Gabriela Guevara Espinoza achieved the…

that have to do with drug trafficking. For example, in March of 2016, Four people were arrested in connection of a raid on a tunnel. The tunnel was underneath a three bedroom house in Calexico, California, and it went 415 yards to a restaurant in Mexicali, Mexico. The drug smuggling began through the tunnel after the month of February was over. The people arrested were charged with drug trafficking, money laundering and tunnel related offenses. Drug trafficking has been a problem since people…

After being asked by the professor about my family’s immigration story, I am motivated to find out more about my family’s history. Most of the time, people do not have the opportunity to ask their elderly family, relatives about their ancestors. It is really amazing to learn more about my family history. It never comes to my mind till now. To gather more information, I asked my mom, my older brother, my grandpa, uncles, and aunts. They are really being helpful. My ancestors happened during the…

Mexico Mexico, a North American country that borders the United States to the north and Belize and Guatemala to the south. To the west is the Bay of California, formed from an 800-mile peninsula known as Baja California. Two other bodies of water border Mexico to the east; The Gulf of Mexico and Bay of Campeche, both formed by another large peninsula: The Yucatan. Mexico has a rather varied geography: a large plateau makes up the central region, surrounded by mountain chains to both the east…

America has always been a country where immigrants come to look for something better. That may be escaping religion or looking for a better life for them or their family's life. Around 1953 my grandpa went to work in texas. when he was 8 years old, with my great-grandpa (his dad) they worked to send money back to mexico. They would work in the cotton fields but only when it was in season to. When the season would end they’d go back to mexico. My father came from Salamanca Guanajuato, Mexico.…

Spiritual Wellness The testimony of my life is not as normal as others . My life has been full of events that could be use in a movie or a reality TV show. My childhood was different from others because when I was four years of age I was kidnapped by my dad and stepmother. My father hid me in his ranch until I was seven years old, I often wondered why we didn’t go out past this ranch, but I never dared to ask growing up. Now I know it was not normal that we seldom visited relatives and the few…

Section 1: Stereotypical Beliefs about a Human Diversity Group The human diversity group I want to discuss is the Lesbians, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual, Queer (LGBTQ). In my younger years I was taught by my parents specially my father that we cannot trust the lesbians and gays. In their stereotype perspective they were not normal people and it was against our catholic religion beliefs. Plus, my parents were more conservative and they never talk about what was prohibit. As I got older and joined…

California’s legislative decision to make gambling a misdemeanor in 1913 quickly forced gambling, drinking, and racetrack industries to Tijuana in the 1910s. Due to moral outcries from Christian groups and the government's insistence on its citizens’ moral behavior, California drove out these industries leaving wealthy individuals and patrons to look for other venues to gamble. Thus, Tijuana and other border towns along the southwest quickly adopted these industries. Prior to 1913, Tijuana…

In the year 2018, the societal composition of the United States of América remains facing impactful issues such as whether a woman should have the liberty to abort her child, whether a cop shooting a black man is racist or a necessary action, and whether a woman’s shoulders should remain covered at all times during the school day in order to safeguard her male peers’ attention. Throughout the next few paragraphs, I will continue speaking on the first issue. First and foremost, women being able…

Esperanza Rising The story takes place in the depression era and Esperanza was a wealthy young girl who lived on her families grape vineyard. Her father was murdered right before her thirteen birthday and changed Esperanza’s life forever. Esperanza and her mother made the tough decision to flee from her Tio Luis and to immigrate to the United States to be migrant workers. In California, Esperanza matures and has hardships through the migrant worker strikes and her mother’s illness. Unit 1:…