Born into a family of migrant workers, toiling in the fields by the age of six, Jose M.
And yet, by his twenties he was part of an elite team helping develop technology for the early detecti.
Hern ndez didn\'t speak English until he was 12, and his peers often joined gangs, or skipped school.
REACHING FOR THE STARS is the inspiring story of how he realized that dream, becoming the first Mexican-American astronaut.
Hern ndez dreamed of traveling through the night skies on a rocket ship.
Born into a family of migrant workers, toiling in the fields by the age of six, Jose M