I can see him sitting in that chair. And he's smiling at me.

I would have never thought that my grandfather's Spanish and my Spanish were so different. I thought, 'My gosh what am I doing here?' But I had to do it.

My mentor was my grandfather. My father worked in the fields and often was not at home for several days in a row. So in many ways, my grandfather was the major male figure in my life.

Se me hace muy chistoso que el mesero, que se ve a leguas que es mexicano, sin embargo nos hable en inglés. Luego va y le pasa la orden obviamente en español a otro, también mexicano. Pero ambos, él y nosotros, seguimos la farsa y nos negamos a reconocernos. No sé ya quién esnobea a quién.

We granted a suspension to talk with administration officials, but lifting the strike depends on the agreements we reach.

Aveses tenemos que PERDER para APRENDER, y poder CRECER