Yes! We Are Latinos: Poems and Prose About the Latino Experience
POEMS AND PROSE About the Latino Experience
Contents What Makes Someone Latino 6 My Name Is Juanita 8 I am Mexican I live in New York I am Latina Our Indigenous Roots 13 My Name Is Mónica 16 I am from El Salvador I live in Houston I am Texan I am Latina Latino Immigration to the United States 21 My Name Is José Miguel not Joe not Mike 24 I am Cuban and Nicaraguan I live in Tampa Florida I am Latino Cuba and the United States 28 My Name Is Gladys 32 I am Puerto Rican I live in Philadelphia I am Latina The Pride of Being Boricua 36 My Name Is Santiago 38 I am Dominican I live in Detroit I am Latino From an Island to a Continent 41 My Name Is Sultana o Susana 42 I am Sephardic I live in San Francisco I am Latina Ladino Language and the Cultural Identity of Sephardic Jews 47 My Name Is Julio 50 I am Zapotec I live in Stockton California I am Latino Migrant Farmworkers 55 4
My Name Is Felipe 58 I am Panamanian and Venezuelan I am black I live in Chicago I am Latino Deep African Roots 62 My Name Is Rocío 64 My grandparents were Spaniards I live in Boston I am Latina The Spanish Civil War A Struggle for Justice 68 My Name Is Lili 72 I am Guatemalan I am Chinese I live in Los Angeles I am Latina My Name Is Michiko I am Peruvian I am Japanese a sansei I live in Los Angeles I am Latina Chinese Presence in Latin America 76 Japanese Presence in Latin America 78 My Name Is Andrés 80 I am both Colombian and Ecuadorian I live in Miami I am Latino Latin America Source of Biodiversity 83 My Name Is Román 84 I am Hispanic Hispano Español Native American I live in New Mexico I am Latino Contributions of the Evolving Latino Culture 88 Acknowledgments 90 Bibliography for Teachers and Parents 93 Additional Resources for Young People 94 Index 96 5
