Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution\'s National Museum of the American Latino, Nuestras Voces shares inspiring Latino stories.
In Diary format, the Nuestras Voces series profiles inspiring characters and honors the joys, challenges, and outcomes of Latino experiences..
She writes to her brothers, keeps her parents updated on news about the war, and helps with the war effort on the Home front--all for a country she\'s not so sure accepts Mexican American families like her own.
Trying to help her family navigate wartime changes, Valentina takes on a lot more at home.
Her brother Hugo was in college, but with World War II looming--and Kiki eager to join the military--Hugo decides to join the National Guard with Kiki.
Valentina loves reading and learning, and she hopes to go to college and become a teacher and writer someday.
In 1940, eleven-year-old Valentina lives in El Paso, Texas, with her Mami, Papi, and two older brothers, Hugo and Kiki.
Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution\'s National Museum of the American Latino, Nuestras Voces shares inspiring Latino stories
