The stories in this book are about people who came to the U.
S.
I am a role model." -- Valeria Peña Dominguez "[America] was something that we always spoke of as a dream place, a dreamland, something magical." -- Rainy Leonor "We had one gallon of water, because they told us it was going to be a day and it took three days in the desert." -- Maria Mondragon.
I am an open and kind-hearted person ... "I am a leader ...
This book is the result.
On Labor Day weekend 2017, eleven college students met these immigrants in Reading, Pennsylvania to interview them and record the experience in print, photographs, and videos.
They made a life here.
They now reside in Berks and Lancaster counties; they work and go to school here. for various reasons and by various means.
The stories in this book are about people who came to the U.
S
