Yuma

I was born in Yuma, Arizona but I was raised in San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora because of my parents. I was studying there, until my parents took the decision of sending my 3 siblings and me to study in the United States. This is my 5th year in this country and although it has been a little bit challenging, I have faced all kind of barriers such as learning the second language, here I am studying my first year of college. In my family we are 7 members: 2 older brothers, 2 younger sisters, both of…

American trade union leader, born March 31, 1927 near Yuma (Arizona) and died on April 23, 1993 in St. Louis (Arizona). Cesar Chavez was the founder of the unit of agricultural workers, who, since 1964, brought together migrant laborers, most of them Hispanic, to fight for the improvement of their working conditions. Cesar Chavez belonged to a family of Mexican immigrants employed in agricultural work. His childhood was stage a succession of fields of work between California and Arizona, which…

1. As I reflect on the past twelve years of Marine Corps service, I feel a sense of pride and am immensely proud of what I have been able to accomplish. When I began this journey, I knew it would be challenging, but those who know me will always say that I’m not one to back down from a challenge. I set goals for myself and those goals are what drive me on a daily basis. This journey has been both challenging and humbling, and I am fortunate to have been a part of it. As I have decided to…

America. A land founded on the principles of freedom and equality for all regardless of origin, to pursue life, liberty and happiness. A belief and principle established by the men and women who escaped the clutches of tyranny in their homeland of the far east, to establish a greater country that was on the far opposite of the spectrum. However, it is clear and apparent that this idea of freedom is, in many ways, selective and limited. People who did not belong to a certain race, religion and or…

Barry R. Chiswick’s assumption of whether or not native born Americans would jump to “pick the lettuce” in a sudden halt to illegal migrant labor is far more complex than the reasoning that there is an existing population of native born Americans capable of executing such jobs. There is no question that Americans are capable of completing the jobs many migrant workers hold. The jobs are not meant to be specialty ones, which essentially allow for any average American to successfully complete them…

In Luis Alberto Urrea’s novel, “The Devil’s highway,” he uses a passage that describes the migrants’ digression towards death as they travel across the Yuma desert to create an uncomfortable, and sympathetic feeling from the audience. Throughout the book, Urrea uses imagery to describe the harsh conditions of the desert, and the high risk that comes along with attempting to cross it. The passage goes into detail about the unavoidable stages of hyperthermia and how each of these effects the body.…

I believe that immigration has affected us in many ways in positive ways and negative ways. Some of the things I will be talking about is how we as Americans are helping people in need of homes, I will also be talking about how the immigration status of our country has really screwing things up. During this paragraph I will be stating facts and my own opinions. Well to start out in some ways we are helping people from Mexico, Canada, Europe, Asia, Colombia and many other places. We are…

HURTADO My parent’s names are Charles and Jenny Hurtado. I am Annina Hurtado, the 7th of ten children in our family. My sibling’s names from oldest to youngest are Joseph, Jenny, Leticia, Carlos, Herlinda, Mary, Annina, Lupe, Anthony and Johnny. My father, a hard working man that was able to support my nine siblings and myself, as a maintenance engineer who retired after 25 years with the school district, with only an 8th grade education. He also took a second maintenance job at a large…

Influencers Ever since I was a little girl I liked going to school. I always did my homework on time and my mom and dad always helped me in what they could. I came to Yuma when I was nine years old and I was very fortunate because I didn’t know a word of English but I learned real fast. My parents thought me about responsibility and honesty and told me that these are very important in life no matter what I did or where I went in life. They told me that getting an education was very important…

Troy and I got married February 1, 2014 in my home town Yuma, AZ. We spent 3 or 4 days with my family before leaving to Las Vegas for two nights. After Vegas we flew to my new home in New Zealand, where we began our life together as husband and wife. During our first year we came across ups and downs, but thankfully far less downs than anticipated. Troy was finishing up his last semester at Victoria University studying Psycology and Criminology while working one day a week at a video store…